ESA Science & Technology - XMM: Advancing Science with the High-Throughput X-Ray Spectroscopy Mission

Publication date: 01 December 1999

Authors: Jansen, F.A.

Journal: ESA Bulletin
Volume: 100
Year: 1999

Copyright: ESA

The X-Ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM) is an X-ray astrophysics observatory scheduled for launch in December 1999. With a projected lifetime of 10 years, it will enable astronomers to conduct sensitive spectroscopic observations of a wide variety of cosmic sources.