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XMM-Newton Launch

Date: 09 December 1999
Copyright: ESA/CNES/Arianespace

ESA's X-ray observatory XMM-Newton lifted off at 15:32 CET on 10 December 1999 on an Ariane 5 from the European spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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