Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

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NASA space mission exoplanet-hunting telescope space telescope

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite canonical	6
TESS	3
TESS Objects of Interest	2
TESS mission	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA space mission ⓘ exoplanet-hunting telescope ⓘ space telescope ⓘ
abbreviation	Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: TESS
contractor	Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ surface form: Orbital ATK
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
launchDate	2018-04-18 ⓘ
launchSite	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 ⓘ
launchVehicle	Falcon 9 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 9 Block 4
manufacturer	Northrop Grumman Space Technology ⓘ surface form: 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	Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: TESS

NASA Astrophysics Explorers Program → notableMission → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ⓘ

NASA Exoplanet Archive → dataSource → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ⓘ

this entity surface form: TESS mission

NASA Exoplanet Archive → contains → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ⓘ

this entity surface form: TESS Objects of Interest

NASA spacecraft → includes → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ⓘ

MAST → supportsMission → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ⓘ

this entity surface form: TESS

NASA Explorer Program → notableMission → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ⓘ

this entity surface form: TESS

Kepler Objects of Interest → relatedTo → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ⓘ

this entity surface form: TESS Objects of Interest

NASA astrophysics observatories → includes → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ⓘ