XMM-Newton, an extended challenge for the scientific x-ray observation
- Paper number
IAC-08.C1.4.7
- Author
Mr. Mauro Pantaleoni, Rhea System S.A., Italy
- Year
2008
- Abstract
The XMM-Newton mission is going through the eighth year of successful scientific observations and Spacecraft Operations. During that period more than 1400 papers based on XMM-Newton data have been published and a large number of Observations have been executed. Due to this consolidated success, the mission has been extended until March 2012. Moreover in the next future XMM-Newton has to cope with the some further challenges. A new operative mode shall be implemented, to answer to the new requests of the scientific community. In order to improve the product range which the satellite will be able to give, the new operative mode will allow the satellite to perform a Sky Survey service. This widening of the range of product has to cope with a system that is not much flexible, because no more changes can be done on the satellite. The challenge is to exploit the capabilities of the system, testing its limits, allowing the satellite to work in conditions that were not expected during the design phase. This paper gives an overview on the effort spent improving the products which XMM-Newton will be able to provide.
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