Astronomy · Space Telescopes
TESS
NASA's all-sky survey for nearby exoplanets.
- Full name
- Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
- Agency
- NASA
- Method
- Transit photometry
- Coverage
- Bright stars across most of the sky
NASA/Kennedy · NASA media (public domain)
Gallery
TESS Spacecraft Uncrating
The top of the shipping container is lifted up by crane from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
2018
NASA/Kennedy · NASA media (public domain)
An all-sky planet hunter
TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scans large swaths of the sky in turn, monitoring bright, nearby stars for the telltale dips of transiting planets.
Choosing bright stars
By focusing on relatively bright, nearby stars, TESS finds planets that are easier for other observatories — including the James Webb Space Telescope — to study in detail afterward.
Building on Kepler
Where Kepler stared deeply at one region to measure how common planets are, TESS surveys the whole sky to find the nearest and best examples for further investigation.
Knowledge connections
How this connects across Asteria Star — scientific, cultural, and astrological links are kept separate.
Scientific connections
- Associated withPLATO (exoplanet mission)
Observational connections
- ObservesVisible light
Mission connections
- Operated byNASA
- Launched byFalcon 9
- Launched fromCape Canaveral Space Force Station
Discovery connections
- DiscoveredAU Mic b
- DiscoveredAU Mic c
- DiscoveredGJ 341 b
- DiscoveredGJ 357 b
- DiscoveredGJ 367 b
- DiscoveredGJ 806 b
- DiscoveredGliese 12 b
- DiscoveredHD 191939 b
- DiscoveredHD 191939 c
- DiscoveredHD 191939 d
- DiscoveredHD 260655 b
- DiscoveredHD 260655 c
- Discoveredpi Men c
- DiscoveredHD 63433 b
- DiscoveredHD 63433 c
- DiscoveredHD 63433 d
- DiscoveredHD 101581 b
- DiscoveredHD 101581 c
- DiscoveredL 98-59 b
- DiscoveredL 98-59 c
- DiscoveredL 98-59 d
- DiscoveredLHS 1678 b
- DiscoveredLHS 1678 c
- DiscoveredLHS 1678 d
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