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Digital Design & Technology Gesellschaft für Hard- und Software Entwicklung mbH Electrical Engineering & IT Design Services |
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Digital Design & Technology Gesellschaft für Hard- und Software Entwicklung mbH Electrical Engineering & IT Design Services |
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IAAT Tübingen: Development of the SECOM ASIC used in the XMM and Abrixas Satellite
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ESA satellite XMM, was implented by DD&T in cooperation with IAAT Tübingen.
It is a central part of the MPE/AIT X-ray imager on the XMM satellite.
XMM is four times larger than Abrixas, making it the largest research satellite ever built in Europe. It was developed and assembled by Dornier in Friedrichshafen. XMM was successfully launched into space in december 1999 by a Ariane-5 Rocket. |
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