XMM-Newton Mission Status & Performance Indicator

30-Sep-2005
Revolution 1063

Observing Time Implementation Status as of Revolution 1063

Predicted end of AO4

Priority A and B
AO4	Revolution 1155 ( 30-Mar-2006 )

Open Time Program - AO3

Priority A and B
Number of allocated targets	615
Allocated cumulative exposure time (ks)	19938.3
Number of successfully observed targets	606 (98.5%)
Successfully observed cumulative exposure time (ks)	19829.4 (99.5%)
Priority C
Number of allocated targets	428
Allocated cumulative exposure time (ks)	13057.2
Number of successfully observed targets	36 (8.4%)
Successfully observed cumulative exposure time (ks)	1210.9 (9.3%)

Open Time Program - AO4

Priority A and B
Number of allocated targets	467
Allocated cumulative exposure time (ks)	14902.3
Number of successfully observed targets	226 (48.4%)
Successfully observed cumulative exposure time (ks)	7312.2 (49.1%)
Priority A and B
Number of allocated targets	176
Allocated cumulative exposure time (ks)	4447.9
Number of successfully observed targets	0 (0.0%)
Successfully observed cumulative exposure time (ks)	0.0 (0.0%)

TOO Targets

Number of targets	111
Successfully observed cumulative exposure time (ks)	3669.0

Operational efficiency indicators as of revolution 1063

Instrument	Efficiency Breakdown over the past 6 months	Evolution of efficiency since start of routine phase
PN
MOS 1
RGS 1
OM

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Data Processing and Distribution status as of 30-Sep-2005

Total number of Planned Observations in Routine Phase (revs 0103-1063)	4720
Total number of Performed Observations in Routine Phase	4453
Total number of Observation Data Files generated	4317
Total number of Pipeline/Data Products sets generated and distributed	4104

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.
Please note: delays have arisen in the processing and distribution of XMM-Newton data caused by system configuration problems on the pipeline processing cluster at the Survey Science Centre (SSC). The pipeline problems have been solved, and normal processing is underway. However, it may take a while to clear the backlog and to validate all the new products.

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

Publications based on XMM-Newton data

Number of refereed papers based on XMM-Newton Data	910
Refereed papers Derived from ADS.

Please note; the large number of publications in the 1st quarter of 2001 is due to the release of the A&A special issue on XMM-Newton. The number of publications in the quarter at the time of issue is an underestimate.