Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
by Claus Lunau/science Photo Library
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Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
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Claus Lunau/science Photo Library
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Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and its projected field-of-view, illustration. This satellite is NASA's next step in the search for planets outside the solar system, also known as exoplanets. TESS launched on a Falcon 9 rocket in 2018. It was placed in a highly elliptical lunar resonant orbit (P/2) to carry out its all-sky survey.
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February 21st, 2021
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