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Ten years ago: XMM-Newton launched

Submit on Friday, December 11th, 2009 05:57

The Astrium-built XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has reached its 10 years mark in space. On 10 December 1999, an Ariane 5 rocket launched the research satellite into space.
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