Earth orbit
TESS
TESS is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the MIDEX program.
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
TESS is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the MIDEX program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2018-038; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 18 April 2018, 22:51:30 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9
- Orbit
- Deep-space Earth orbit
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the TESS mission on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 10:51 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- SpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2018-038
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Apr 18, 2018, 22:51 UTC
- Target T-0
- Not published
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Apr 18 2018
- Pad and location
- SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS
Clear Temp: 77.51F Wind: 9.02mph
- Temperature
- 77°F
- Forecast updated
- Apr 19, 2018, 00:09 UTC
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Launch media
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Current mission status
Current mission status
Now
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Hardware
Spacecraft
TESS
GCAT program: MIDEX.
- GCAT ID
- S43435
- Manufacturer
- Orbital ATK Space Systems Group (SSG)
- Launch mass
- 362 kg
- Propulsion
- 22N AOCS
- Dimensions
- 1.5 m long · 1.2 m diameter · 3.7 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
0 images from TESS.
No mission imagery is available yet.
Verification
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