TESS mission

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/TESS_mission

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:discoveredBy	thousands of exoplanet candidates
gptkbp:duration	initial 2-year mission, extended
gptkbp:fieldOfView	24° × 96°
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Transiting_Exoplanet_Survey_Satellite
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:NASA_Astrophysics_Explorer_Program
gptkbp:goal	discover exoplanets
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	TESS mission
gptkbp:instrument	four wide-field cameras
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	astronomer exoplanet survey
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitType	high Earth orbit P/2 lunar resonant orbit
gptkbp:powers	400 W
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Kepler_mission
gptkbp:principalInvestigator	gptkb:George_Ricker
gptkbp:releaseDate	public domain
gptkbp:status	operational
gptkbp:surveyCoverage	85% of the sky
gptkbp:team	gptkb:Nelson_Mandela_University gptkb:University_of_Southern_Queensland gptkb:Ahmadu_Bello_University gptkb:University_of_Uyo gptkb:University_of_Maiduguri gptkb:Sefako_Makgatho_Health_Sciences_University gptkb:Leiden_University gptkb:NASA_Ames_Research_Center gptkb:Northwestern_University gptkb:Princeton_University gptkb:Space_Telescope_Science_Institute gptkb:University_of_Arizona gptkb:University_of_Birmingham gptkb:University_of_British_Columbia gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley gptkb:University_of_California,_Los_Angeles gptkb:University_of_California,_Santa_Cruz gptkb:University_of_Cambridge gptkb:University_of_Copenhagen gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh gptkb:University_of_Florida gptkb:University_of_Fort_Hare gptkb:University_of_Geneva gptkb:University_of_Ghana gptkb:University_of_Hawaii gptkb:University_of_Melbourne gptkb:University_of_Michigan gptkb:University_of_Montreal gptkb:University_of_Otago gptkb:University_of_Oxford gptkb:University_of_Pretoria gptkb:University_of_South_Africa gptkb:University_of_St_Andrews gptkb:University_of_Sydney gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin gptkb:University_of_Tokyo gptkb:University_of_Toronto gptkb:University_of_Warwick gptkb:University_of_the_Witwatersrand gptkb:Vanderbilt_University gptkb:Yale_University gptkb:Vaal_University_of_Technology gptkb:University_of_Abuja gptkb:Makerere_University gptkb:University_of_Auckland gptkb:University_of_Canterbury gptkb:University_of_Cape_Town gptkb:University_of_Ibadan gptkb:University_of_KwaZulu-Natal gptkb:University_of_Nairobi gptkb:University_of_Queensland gptkb:NASA_Goddard_Space_Flight_Center gptkb:University_of_Tasmania gptkb:University_of_Western_Australia gptkb:Harvard-Smithsonian_Center_for_Astrophysics gptkb:University_of_Botswana gptkb:Durban_University_of_Technology gptkb:North-West_University gptkb:University_of_Benin gptkb:University_of_Agriculture,_Abeokuta gptkb:Addis_Ababa_University gptkb:University_of_Johannesburg gptkb:University_of_New_South_Wales gptkb:Cape_Peninsula_University_of_Technology gptkb:Obafemi_Awolowo_University gptkb:University_of_Bern gptkb:University_of_Dar_es_Salaam gptkb:University_of_Lagos gptkb:Rhodes_University gptkb:University_of_Nigeria,_Nsukka gptkb:University_of_Calabar gptkb:University_of_Jos gptkb:University_of_Ilorin gptkb:Walter_Sisulu_University gptkb:Sol_Plaatje_University gptkb:University_of_Limpopo gptkb:University_of_Mpumalanga gptkb:University_of_Venda gptkb:Central_University_of_Technology gptkb:Tshwane_University_of_Technology gptkb:University_of_Zimbabwe gptkb:University_of_the_Free_State gptkb:University_of_Namibia gptkb:University_of_Zambia gptkb:University_of_Port_Harcourt gptkb:University_of_Porto gptkb:University_of_the_Western_Cape gptkb:Mangosuthu_University_of_Technology gptkb:University_of_Zululand gptkb:University_of_Stellenbosch gptkb:Federal_University_of_Technology,_Akure gptkb:Nnamdi_Azikiwe_University gptkb:Federal_University_of_Technology,_Owerri gptkb:MIT_Kavli_Institute gptkb:Federal_University_of_Technology,_Minna University of Leicester
gptkbp:telescopeType	space-based
gptkbp:wavelengthRange	visible light
gptkbp:website	https://tess.mit.edu/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:NASA_space_science_missions
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5