Ariane 504 | XMM-Newton
The first commercial Ariane 5 flight launched ESA's XMM-Newton observatory into a highly elliptical Earth orbit for long, uninterrupted observations of cosmic X-ray sources.
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- Aliases
- Ariane 5 flight 504XMM launch
- Name
- Ariane 504 | XMM-Newton
- Slug
- ariane-504-xmm-newton-mission
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- The first commercial Ariane 5 flight launched ESA's XMM-Newton observatory into a highly elliptical Earth orbit for long, uninterrupted observations of cosmic X-ray sources.
- End Date
- 1999-12-10
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successful deployment of XMM-Newton
- Program
- Ariane 5 launch programme
- Start Date
- 1999-12-10
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- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 21:58:13 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 21:58:13 UTC
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