TESS Space Telescope System
TESS is a Northrop Grumman-built space telescope operated by MIT in a stable 13.7-day lunar-resonant high-Earth orbit. Four MIT-built wide-field cameras survey bright nearby stars and time-variable objects.
Identity
- Aliases
- Transiting Exoplanet Survey SatelliteTESS Observatory
- Family Name
- TESS
- Full Name
- TESS Space Telescope System
- Reusability
- unknown
- Slug
- tess-space-telescope-system
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- TESS is a Northrop Grumman-built space telescope operated by MIT in a stable 13.7-day lunar-resonant high-Earth orbit. Four MIT-built wide-field cameras survey bright nearby stars and time-variable objects.
- First Flight Year
- 2,018
- Manufacturer Id
- jd721nj3rrbc9hy6hqxftvxatn7kpgtd
- Operator Id
- vn71xd72jhy95w82zbxq5hzb818aqj49
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/TESS/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/17/2026, 1:01:57 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/17/2026, 1:01:57 AM