Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

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The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a NASA space telescope designed to discover exoplanets by monitoring the brightness of nearby stars for periodic dips caused by planetary transits.

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Generate an image of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a NASA space telescope designed to discover exoplanets by monitoring the brightness of nearby stars for periodic dips caused by planetary transits.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA space mission ⓘ
exoplanet-hunting telescope ⓘ
space telescope ⓘ
abbreviation TESS ⓘ
contractor Orbital ATK ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dataArchive Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes ⓘ
dataPolicy publicly available data ⓘ
dataUse identify targets for follow-up with large telescopes ⓘ
support observations by the James Webb Space Telescope ⓘ
detects periodic dips in stellar brightness ⓘ
transiting exoplanets ⓘ
fieldOfViewPerCamera 24 by 24 degrees ⓘ
fundingAgency NASA Astrophysics Division ⓘ
inclination about 37 degrees ⓘ
launchCountry United States ⓘ
launchDate 2018-04-18 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 ⓘ
launchVehicle Falcon 9 Block 4 ⓘ
linked to: Falcon 9 rocket
manufacturer Orbital ATK ⓘ
missionPhase extended mission ⓘ
missionType astrophysics observatory ⓘ
exoplanet survey ⓘ
notableResult discovery of multiple Earth-sized and super-Earth exoplanets ⓘ
discovery of thousands of TESS Objects of Interest (TOIs) ⓘ
numberOfCameras 4 ⓘ
observationMethod transit photometry ⓘ
observes brightness of stars ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitResonance 2:1 lunar resonance ⓘ
orbitType high Earth orbit ⓘ
highly elliptical orbit ⓘ
PIInstitution MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research ⓘ
powerSource solar panels ⓘ
predecessor Kepler space telescope ⓘ
primaryObjective discover exoplanets around nearby bright stars ⓘ
survey most of the sky for transiting exoplanets ⓘ
principalInvestigator George R. Ricker ⓘ
program NASA Explorer Program ⓘ
proposalSelection selected as an Explorer mission in 2013 ⓘ
scienceFocus planets suitable for atmospheric characterization ⓘ
small planets around bright nearby stars ⓘ
sectorObservationTime about 27 days per sector ⓘ
spaceAgency Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ
spacecraftBus L-101 spacecraft bus ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
surveyCoverage approximately 85 percent of the sky ⓘ
surveyStrategy all-sky survey in sectors ⓘ
telescopeType wide-field camera array ⓘ
totalFieldOfView 24 by 96 degrees ⓘ
wavelengthRange near-infrared ⓘ
optical ⓘ

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NASA Astrophysics Division → overseesMission → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ⓘ
Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes → dataSource → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ⓘ
NASA APD → overseesMission → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ⓘ
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite → abbreviation → TESS ⓘ
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NASA Astrophysics Explorers Program → notableMission → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ⓘ
NASA Exoplanet Archive → dataSource → TESS mission ⓘ
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NASA Exoplanet Archive → contains → TESS Objects of Interest ⓘ
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NASA spacecraft → includes → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ⓘ
MAST → supportsMission → TESS ⓘ
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NASA Explorer Program → notableMission → TESS ⓘ
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Kepler Objects of Interest → relatedTo → TESS Objects of Interest ⓘ
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NASA astrophysics observatories → includes → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ⓘ
George R. Ricker → notableWork → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ⓘ
George R. Ricker → notableWork → TESS mission design ⓘ
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George R. Ricker → notableProject → NASA TESS mission ⓘ
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George R. Ricker → developedInstrument → TESS space telescope concept ⓘ
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NASA space missions → hasComponent → TESS mission ⓘ
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Medium Explorer missions → includesMission → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ⓘ