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XMM in ESTEC test centre

9 November 1998

Pictures taken this morning show XMM's lower module being prepared by Dornier staff for a week of tests on the shaker in ESTEC's test facilities.

The XMM lower module assembly consists of the Service Module and lower half telescope tube.

More about the testing of XMM can be found in an article in ESA Bulletin 94.

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