NASA's TESS Spacecraft begins hunt for exoplanets

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In our own galaxy there are billions of planets. Never discovered by humanity Kepler space telescope launched in 2009 found thousands of planets with different features but recent news confirms that Kepler space telescope journey will soon come to an end.

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The Kepler space telescope found new planets in a single patch of Milky-way galaxy.

On April 18, 2018 a new spacecraft lift off from Cape Canaveral. Launched by Space X falcon 9 into a unusual super elliptical orbit of similar distance between earth and moon.

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The spacecraft named TESS which means Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.

TESS consist of four cameras which can cover a swath of the sky 96° tall .Dividing the space view in various sections like slices of orange.

The TESS Spacecraft view each space view section in 27 days and move to another this way it will complete all the virtual sections of Milky-way galaxy in 2 years.

The spacecraft will move in an super elliptical orbit in such a manner that when it will come close to earth it will transfer data acquired to ground based antennas of NASA's deep space network. This all procedure will complete in about 16 hours.

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The spacecraft started its operations on July 25 and will send its first observation in August.

The spacecraft is looking for planets that may exist around the closest stars to earth which are 10 to 100 light years away.The spacecraft will capture images of planets near these stars with brightness optimisation.

TESS will take around 13 to 14 earth days to complete its single orbit.

TESS is placed in a very stable orbit and can function well beyond its mission time of 2 years said by Stephen Rinehart project scientist for TESS NASA.

This spacecraft is more capable than the previous Kepler space telescope and with help of its advance cameras it will also help in studying the atmosphere and behaviour of newly discovered planets and there surroundings.

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