UCS-Satellite-Database
Id | Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Current Official Name of Satellite | Country/Org of UN Registry | Country of Operator/Owner | Operator/Owner | Users | Purpose | Detailed Purpose | Class of Orbit | Type of Orbit | Longitude of GEO (degrees) | Perigee (km) | Apogee (km) | Eccentricity | Inclination (degrees) | Period (minutes) | Launch Mass (kg.) | Dry Mass (kg.) | Power (watts) | Date of Launch | Expected Lifetime (yrs.) | Contractor | Country of Contractor | Launch Site | Launch Vehicle | COSPAR Number | NORAD Number | Comments | Source Used for Orbital Data | Source |
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5096 | TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) | TESS | USA | USA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Government | Space Science | Elliptical | 0 | 258 | 268,488 | 9.53E-01 | 29.6 | 8758 | 362 | 2018/4/18 | 20 | NASA/MIT | USA | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 | 2018-038A | 43435 | Built to find planets around other stars that are close enough for detailed follow-ups by future telescopes. | JMSatcat/5_18 | https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/04/19/all-sky-surveyor-launched-from-cape-canaveral-on-the-hunt-for-exoplanets/ |
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