Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite spacecraft
NASA’s TESS spacecraft is an active exoplanet survey observatory launched in 2018 that monitors bright nearby stars for transit signals and continues its extended search for new worlds.
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Identity
- Aliases
- TESSTransiting Exoplanet Survey SatelliteTESS exoplanet surveyor
- Family Name
- TESS
- Full Name
- Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite spacecraft
- Roles
- observatoryresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA’s TESS spacecraft is an active exoplanet survey observatory launched in 2018 that monitors bright nearby stars for transit signals and continues its extended search for new worlds.
- First Flight Year
- 2,018
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/TESS/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 18:20:41 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 18:20:41 UTC