TESS
COSPAR 2018-038A · NORAD 43435
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Mission
- Agency
- NASA
- Launch date
- 2018-04-18
- Status (SATCAT)
- operational
- Launch site code
- AFETR
- Owner code
- US
- COSPAR ID
- 2018-038A
- NORAD ID
- 43,435
Source:NASA Science · checked 2026-11-02 ↗CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Orbit
- Period
- 20,503.95 min
- Inclination
- 56.23°
- Apogee
- 364,455 km
- Perigee
- 119,094 km
- Orbit center code
- EA
Source:CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
In everyday life
- It takes about 14.2 days to circle Earth — a high, long orbit (CelesTrak: 20,504 min).
- Someone born in its launch year (2018) turns 8 this year.