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Date: 28 November 1999 Satellite: XMM Location: Final Assembly Building, Kourou, French Guiana Copyright: ESA Show in archive: true
Watching the closure of XMM within its protective fairing, from left to right: Robert Laine (XMM Project Manager), Gerard Melchior (ESA HQ) and Gilles Triay (Arianespace).