The XMM Remote Proposal Submission software (XRPS) has been developed for ESA (ESOC) under contract by Logica UK Limited. It is an online proposal submission software package, which is accessible via the URL http://www.xmmsoc.ops.esa.int/ . The software is not downloadable. All XMM proposals must be submitted remotely via XRPS. Because of the potential high load on the system close to the deadline of AO-1, the XMM SOC strongly encourages XMM proposers to submit proposals well before the deadline. Details on the first Call for XMM Proposals can be found in the SOC's AO-1 documentation.
XMM proposal submission via XRPS is a single-phase process, meaning that
all observation details are provided at the time of submission. BEFORE
submitting an XMM proposal, please read the relevant sections of this
document and the XMM Users' Handbook (UHB). The XMM Users' Handbook can be found via the URL
http://astro.estec.esa.nl/XMM/user/uhb_top.html,
where users can
choose between HTML, PS and PDF versions of the document.