TESS
NASA's TESS spacecraft uses a Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems spacecraft bus and four MIT-developed cameras. MIT operates it in a long-lived 2:1 lunar-resonant orbit without routine station-keeping.
Identity
- Aliases
- Transiting Exoplanet Survey SatelliteTESS Observatory
- Name
- TESS
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- NASA's TESS spacecraft uses a Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems spacecraft bus and four MIT-developed cameras. MIT operates it in a long-lived 2:1 lunar-resonant orbit without routine station-keeping.
- First Flight Date
- 2018-04-18
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Vehicle Family
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/TESS/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 17, 2026 at 01:02:01 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 23, 2026 at 00:02:48 UTC
- Image
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Other
- Search Name
- TESS Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite TESS Observatory