Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
NASA satellite of the Explorer program
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Summary
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is a space telescope[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of space telescope entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,695 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Operator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration[3], Massachusetts Institute of Technology[4]
- Follows: Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph[5], Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer[6]
- Followed by: Ionospheric Connection Explorer[7]
- Manufacturer: Orbital Sciences Corporation[8]
- Part of: Explorers Program[9], Medium Explorer program[10]
- Commons category: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite[11]
- Space launch vehicle: Falcon 9 Full Thrust[12]
- Parent astronomical body: Earth[13]
- Country of origin: United States[14]
- Type of orbit: highly elliptical orbit[15]
- UTC date of spacecraft launch: April 18, 2018[16]
- Significant event: rocket launch[17]
- Official website: http://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov/[18]
- Launch contractor: SpaceX[19]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.55[20]
- Start point: Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40[21]
- Orbital inclination: 37 degree[22]
- Mass: 350 kg[23]
- Orbital period: 13.7 day[24]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 240,000 km[25]
- Apoapsis: 373,000 km[26]
- Periapsis: 108,000 km[27]
- Power consumed: 400 watt[28]
- P14541: 3F51x7[29]
Why It Matters
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]
It is credited with the discovery of TOI-700 d[32], an exoplanet[33]; TOI 1338 b[34], an exoplanet[35]; and TOI-2180 b[36], an exoplanet[37].
FAQs
What did Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite discover?
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is credited as discoverer of TOI-700 d[32], TOI 1338 b[34], and TOI-2180 b[36].