Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Transiting_Exoplanet_Survey_Satellite_(TESS)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:satellite astronomer
gptkbp:archiveType	gptkb:MAST_(Mikulski_Archive_for_Space_Telescopes)
gptkbp:collaboratesWith	gptkb:Lawrence_Livermore_National_Laboratory gptkb:MIT gptkb:NASA_Ames_Research_Center gptkb:Princeton_University gptkb:Space_Telescope_Science_Institute gptkb:University_of_Birmingham gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley gptkb:University_of_Copenhagen gptkb:University_of_Montreal gptkb:University_of_Tokyo gptkb:University_of_Warwick gptkb:NASA_Goddard_Space_Flight_Center gptkb:NASA_Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory gptkb:Harvard-Smithsonian_Center_for_Astrophysics gptkb:University_of_New_South_Wales gptkb:Orbital_ATK gptkb:NASA_Marshall_Space_Flight_Center
gptkbp:COSPAR_ID	2018-038A
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
gptkbp:goal	survey 85% of the sky
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
gptkbp:instrument	4 wide-field CCD 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	exoplanet survey
gptkbp:NORAD_ID	43435
gptkbp:notableProject	gptkb:MIT_Kavli_Institute_for_Astrophysics_and_Space_Research
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	publicly available
gptkbp:status	active
gptkbp:targetStars	bright nearby stars
gptkbp:telescopeType	wide-field camera
gptkbp:wavelengthRange	600–1000 nm
gptkbp:website	https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:K2_mission gptkb:Kepler_Mission gptkb:George_Ricker
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6