Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
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| Launch date | April 18, 2018 |
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| Cost | 200 million USD (2013) |
| Manufacturers | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Launch site | SpaceX Launch Complex 40 |
| Dimensions | 3. 7 × 1. 2 × 1. 5 m (12 × 4 × 5 ft) |
| Did you know | TESS is a NASA Astrophysics Explorer mission led and operated by MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and managed by Goddard. |
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| ID | 814747 |
About Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is a space telescope for NASA's Explorers program, designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method in an area 400 times larger than that covered by the Kepler mission. It was launched on April 18, 2018 atop a Falcon 9 rocket.
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Photos
