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    Close-up view of XMM-Newton

    Date: 29 Sep 2009
    Copyright: ESA

    Artist's impression of the XMM-Newton spacecraft in space. The animation shows a close-up view of the 10-metre-long spacecraft. Starting at the end of the spacecraft where the X-ray detectors of the EPIC and RGS instruments are housed, the view rotates around to the other side where the entrance baffles of the three telescopes are located.


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