Payload (satellite)
TESS
Operational
United States
United StatesTESS is a satellite launched 2018-04-18 by United States.
About
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a space telescope for NASA's Explorer program, designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method in an area 400 times larger than that covered by the Kepler mission. It was launched on 18 April 2018, atop a Falcon 9 launch vehicle and was placed into a highly elliptical 13.70-day orbit around the Earth. The first light image from TESS was taken on 7 August 2018, and released publicly on 17 September 2018.
Right now
Dotted: where it has been. Solid: the next orbit and a half. Orbit data from CelesTrak, map from NASA Blue Marble. All credits
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Facts
NORAD ID43435
International designator2018-038A
TypePayload (satellite)
StatusOperational
OwnerUnited States
Launch date2018-04-18
Launch siteCape Canaveral, USA
Orbital period20504 min
Inclination56.23°
Apogee364455 km
Perigee119094 km