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

Falcon 9 Block 4

Historical mission record

This page records Falcon 9 Block 4 | TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.

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Mission status
Launch Successful

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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission

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.

Launch vehicle
Falcon 9 Block 4
Mission type
Astrophysics
Destination orbit
High Earth Orbit
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 40
Provider
SpaceX
Recovery
Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, The first stage of the Falcon 9 landed on the ASDS, OCISLY, stationed of the east coast. +1

The vehicle

Published configuration and flight history.

Falcon 9 Block 4
Launch vehicle

Falcon 9 Block 4

The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage.

Height
71 m
Diameter
3.65 m
Stages
2
Recorded launches
12
First flight
2015-12-22
B1045
Core

B1045

Flight 1NewLanding successful
Recovery
Of Course I Still Love You
Landing method
Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship

Recorded timing

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Target ·

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Launch site & orbit

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

The mission in perspective

Launch site

DestinationHigh Earth Orbit

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NASA Blue Marble map of Earth's continents and oceans
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