XMM-Newton Mission Status & Performance Indicator

26-Feb-2002
Revolution 0406

Observing time implementation status as of revolution 0401

Predicted end of AO1 (Open and Guaranteed); Revolution 0574 ( 26-Jan-2003 )

  Open Time Guaranteed Time ToO
Number of allocated targets (Priority A and B) 639 831 15
Allocated cumulative exposure time (ks) 14214.3 18949.8 -
Number of successfully observed targets 362 (56.7%) 494 (59.4%) -
Successfully observed cumulative exposure time (ks) 8580.5 (60.4%) 12555.5 (66.3%) 411.8

The respective implementation priorities of the Open and the Guaranteed time programmes have been adjusted several times since launch by the Science Working Team. At its December 2001 meeting, the Science Policy Council (SPC) of ESA recommended to accelerate the completion of the the Guaranteed Time programme. The current priorities have been set accordingly to 80% and 30% for the Guaranteed and Open Time, respectively.

Operational efficiency indicators as of revolution 0400

Instrument Efficiency Breakdown over the last 6 months Evolution of efficiency since start of routine phase
PN PN, Efficiency breakdown over the last 6 months PN, Evolution of efficiency since start of routine phase
MOS 1 MOS, Efficiency breakdown over the last 6 months MOS, Evolution of efficiency since start of routine phase
RGS 1 RGS, Efficiency breakdown over the last 6 months RGS, Evolution of efficiency since start of routine phase

Legends are available for these diagrams.

Data Processing and Distribution status as of 20-Feb-2002

Total number of Planned Observations in Routine Phase (revs 0103-0404) 1536
Total number of Performed Observations in Routine Phase 1452
Total number of Observation Data Files generated 1418
Total number of Pipeline/Data Products sets generated and distributed 1321

Turnaround (in days) between Data acquisition and final Data Products distribution (last Quarter)
Values in excess of 90 days usually indicate a problem analysing the data and/or that re-processing was required.
Data production delay

Details on the Observation Status can be found on the Observation & Data Processing pages.

Publications based on XMM-Newton data

Number of publications as of 19-Feb-2002
For a complete up-to-date list of publications please check here.
102