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TESS

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Science ExplorationHEOCOSPAR 2018-038ALaunched 4/18/2018
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
TESS Mission
Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 FT4
Launch Date
4/18/2018
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
HEO
Altitude
134,373 km
Inclination
29.59 deg
Dry Mass
317 kg
Total Mass
362 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Science Exploration
Payload Category
AST
Payload Class
C
Organizations
Operator
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Manufacturer
Northrop Grumman
Registry
COSPAR ID
2018-038A
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/877
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Mentions
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NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched in April 2018 to perform an all-sky survey.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Aug 6, 2021TESS considering companion smallsat mission

TESS completed its two-year primary mission in 2020 and is now in an extended mission.

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PlanGeneralValue 3.0Aug 6, 2021TESS considering companion smallsat mission

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched in April 2018 without incident.

PlanValue 3.0May 27, 2019Engineer charged with falsifying inspections of SpaceX hardware

NASA’s Launch Services Program was concerned about the possibility that faulty components could be on the Falcon 9 rocket scheduled to launch the TESS spacecraft in April 2018.

PlanGeneralValue 2.8May 27, 2019Engineer charged with falsifying inspections of SpaceX hardware

Tess Hatch of Bessemer expected a massive market crash in the third or fourth quarter of 2019 and encouraged companies to raise capital in the first half of 2019.

GeneralFinancialValue 2.0Mar 26, 2019How the space industry learned to stop worrying and love the bubble

Planning for an extended mission for TESS could be delayed, and proposals for extended missions as part of NASA’s next senior review of astrophysics missions are due to the agency on 2019-02-01.

PlanGovernanceValue 3.0Jan 8, 2019Astrophysics meetings, but not missions, disrupted by government shutdown

TESS launched in April 2018 on a SpaceX Falcon 9.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 7, 2019Scientists pleased with TESS exoplanet mission

The first downlink of TESS observation data is planned for 2018-08-08.

PlanValue 4.0Jul 30, 2018TESS begins science observations

TESS launched on 2018-04-18 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9.

PlanValue 4.0Jul 30, 2018TESS begins science observations

The first stage used on the 2018-06-29 launch first flew on 2018-04-18 carrying NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

CapabilityValue 4.0Jun 29, 2018SpaceX launches Dragon cargo spacecraft on final Block 4 mission