TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/TESS_(Transiting_Exoplanet_Survey_Satellite)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
astronomer
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:TESS
gptkbp:archiveType gptkb:MAST_(Mikulski_Archive_for_Space_Telescopes)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:discoveredBy thousands of exoplanet candidates
gptkbp:discoveryMethod transit photometry
gptkbp:duration extended
2 years (planned)
gptkbp:fieldOfView 24° × 96°
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:NASA_Astrophysics_Explorer_Program
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
gptkbp:launchDate 2018-04-18
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_40
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Falcon_9
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Orbital_ATK
gptkbp:mass 362 kg
gptkbp:missionType exoplanet survey
gptkbp:notableFinds gptkb:TOI-700_d
gptkb:HD_21749_b
gptkb:TOI-1338_b
gptkb:LHS_3844_b
gptkb:Pi_Mensae_c
gptkbp:numberOfSatellites 4
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitType highly elliptical Earth orbit
gptkbp:powerSource solar panels
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Kepler_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:primaryMission search for exoplanets
gptkbp:projectScientist gptkb:George_Ricker
gptkbp:releaseDate public
gptkbp:scientificGoals detect small planets around bright nearby stars
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:team gptkb:Las_Cumbres_Observatory
gptkb:NASA_Ames_Research_Center
gptkb:Space_Telescope_Science_Institute
gptkb:NASA_Goddard_Space_Flight_Center
gptkb:Harvard-Smithsonian_Center_for_Astrophysics
gptkb:MIT_Kavli_Institute_for_Astrophysics_and_Space_Research
gptkb:SETI_Institute
gptkbp:telescopeType wide-field camera
gptkbp:website https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NASA_Near_Earth_Network
gptkb:MAST_(Mikulski_Archive_for_Space_Telescopes)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6