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    IXO mirror petal with mirror modules

    Date: 11 May 2010
    Satellite: IXO
    Depicts: CAD drawing of one of the eight mirror petals
    Copyright: ESA

    CAD drawing of one mirror petal (in grey) populated with mirror modules (in blue).

    IXO was an L-class candidate mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision programme that was studied between 2007 and 2011.


    Last Update: 08 Jun 2011

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