Falcon 9 Block 4 | TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)

Falcon 9 Block 4

Apr 18, 2018, 10:51 PM UTC

Mission Elapsed Time

T-00:00:00

Booster History

B1045

Flight #1 · NEW

First flight of this booster

Total Flights: 2
Recovery Rate: 1/1 successful landings
This Landing: Landing successful· Drone Ship (ASDS)
Recovery Site: Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY)

Landing Record

1 successful · 0 failed · 1 total

Mission Details

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a NASA space telescope, designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method. TESS will identify planets ranging from Earth-sized to gas giants, orbiting a wide range of stellar types and orbital distances. The principal goal of the TESS mission is to detect small planets with bright host stars in the solar neighborhood, so that detailed characterizations of the planets and their atmospheres can be performed.

Type: Astrophysics
Orbit: High Earth Orbit (HEO)

Launch Site

Pad: Space Launch Complex 40
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Country: 🇺🇸 USA