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XMM Mounting onto Launch Adapter


Date: 22 November 1999
Satellite: XMM
Location: Final Assembly Building, Kourou, French Guiana
Copyright: ESA

XMM is hoisted in place over the launch adapter (ACU - Adaptateur Charge Utile) in the Final Assembly Building. In the background on the left is the fairing that will be placed over XMM after the spacecraft is mated on top of the Ariane launcher.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
12-Mar-2026 14:30 UT

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