XMM-Newton ñ Mission Status
The satellite and all instruments are performing well, and on course for a 10 year mission lifetime. Observing efficiency is ~71% -close to nominal.
ESA has recently approved a four year mission extension for XMM-Newton with a budget review in two years
Data processing and distribution is now nominal with about one month of separation between an observation and the delivery of the data. There have been over 1450 performed observations.
Proposal reviews for AO-2 will take place in May-July with a due date in July
There is considerable US scientist participation in the review