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TESS’s Primary Mission

August 17 , 2020 1565 days 1281 0
  • TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) completed its primary mission of imaging 75% of the starry sky during the two-year survey and found 66 new exoplanets.
  • TESS uses the Transit Method to monitor the stars for brightness dip caused by planets orbiting across the stars.
  • TESS the exoplanet-finding Space telescope was launched into the Earth’s orbit in April 2018.

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