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Latest XMM-Newton news pages at the  ESA SOC.
Archive of GSFC XMM-Newton status reports.



XMM-Newton news, sorted chronologically:

2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998

2008 Event
12 ESA XMM-Newton AO-8 Results Released. Lists of accepted targets by proposal number and RA.
08 XMM-Newton AO-8 Released
08 XMM-Newton SSC 2XMMi Catalogue Released
08 XMM-Newton XSA v5.0 Released
07 SAS V8.0 Released
05 Results of the 2008 Senior Review (pdf)
05 XMM-Newton International Users Group Presentations
05 XMM-Newton ABC Guide (v4.0)
03 U.S. XMM-Newton Senior Review Proposal
03 MAST now has links to XMM-Newton Optical Monitor data and a source catalog.
02 SAS 7.1.2 released (download through the SOC or the GSFC Mirror)
2007 Event
12 ESA XMM-Newton AO-7 Results Released. Lists of accepted targets by proposal number and RA.
08
2XMM Serendipitous Source Catalogue - FITS 197M CVS 233M - U.S. Mirror
07
SAS 7.1.0 released (download through the SOC or the GSFC Mirror)
2006 Event
07
2XMM Serendipitous Source Catalogue (pre-release version) - FITS 127M CVS 150M - U.S. Mirror
2005 Event
12
ESA extends XMM-Newton mission for four years
11/02 Release of SAS V6.5.0 Patch
09
Release of AO-5 Call for Science Proposals
08/17 Release of SAS V6.5.0
04
Start of AO-4 observing cycle
03
Release of AO-4 Call for Budget Proposals
03
End of AO-3 observing cycle
2004 Event
12/14 AO-4 Results - U.S. Mirror
12/10 Five years in space for XMM-Newton
11/24 Release of SAS V6.1.0
10/08 Due date for AO-4 Science Proposal
08/30 Release of AO-4 Call for Science Proposals
03/23 Release of SAS V6.0.0
03
Start of AO-3 observing cycle
2003 Event
12
XMM-Newton Image Gallery
12
End of AO-2 observing cycle
12/22 AO-3 budget notifications
09/26 Deadline for AO-3 budget proposals
08/15 AO-3 Budget AO Released
07/03 AO-3 Results - U.S. Mirror
04/07 1XMM Serendipitous Source Catalogue - FITS 27M - U.S. Mirror
03/25 RGS Background files available (Calibration Portal)
03/17 AO-3 Call for Proposals (Deadline 30 April, 2003)
01/30 SAS 5.4.1 Broken on RH7.2
01/21 SAS V5.4.1 Released
2002 Event
11/08 First Results from Instrument Cooling
09
Dates for AO-3 Proposals Set
08/26 Call for XMM-Newton AO-2 Budget Proposals
07/26 XMM-Newton AO-2 Results
07/18 Results of the XMM-Newton GO Questionnaire
07/07 SAS V5.3.3 Released
05/07 U.S. XMM-Newton Senior Review Proposal
04/15 XMM-Newton Archive Open
04/15 SAS 5.3.0 released
02/06 XMM-Newton Observations of SN 2002ap
01/31 New PV Data Released
2001 Event
12/07 SAS Results Presented at the ESTEC 2001 Conference
12/07 Calibration Results Presented at the ESTEC 2001 Conference
10/08 New SV Data Released
09/20 SAS v5.2 Released
08/31 XMM-Newton AO-2 Announced
07/03 XMM-Newton Observation Status Log
2000 Event
12/07 Launch anniversary press conference at ESA HQ, Paris
12/07 XMM-Newton A&A Special Issue, the preprints
12/05 SAS 5.0 Release at Vilspa
10/03 Learning Center open
10/17 Senior Review Report
06/01 Routine Science Operations start
03/13 NASA AO-1 Stage 2 budget proposals due
03/03 Calibration and Performance Verification Phase start
02/09 First light press conference
02/04 Release of NASA AO-1 Stage 2 budget proposal request
02/02 Approximate RGS first light 
01/22 Approximate EPIC first light (last instrument, PN)
01/16 Approximate EPIC first light (first instrument, MOS) 
01/05 Approximate OM first light
01/16 Instrument Commissioning Phase start
1999 Event
12/10 XMM-Newton launch (14:32 GMT, 09:32 EST)
11/30 Release of AO-1 results
04/17 0:00 UT, Deadline for AO-1
01/19 Release of XRPS software for proposal submission
01/19 Release of AO-1
01/18 Release of the XMM-Newton Users' Handbook, v1.1
1998 Event
09/30 First XMM-Newton Workshop at ESTEC


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This file was last modified on Wednesday, 17-Dec-2008 15:32:27 EST
Curator:Michael Arida (SP Sys); michael.arida@nasa.gov

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