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XEUS
XEUS is the X-ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy space observatory that is being developed by the European Space Agency as a successor to the successful XMM-Newton X-ray satellite telescope. It consists of a mirror spacecraft that carries a large X-ray telescope, with a mirror area of about 10 m² and an imaging resolution better than 5" for X-ray radiation with an energy of 1 keV.
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