page_title: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
hierarchical_section_title: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
caption_attribution_description: English: Artist concept of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite with transparent background.
context_page_description: The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is a planned NASA space telescope designed to search for planets outside of the Solar System.
  TESS was launched on April 18, 2018 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The total value of the launch services contract is US$87 million. SpaceX was awarded the launch in December 2014.
context_section_description: The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a planned NASA space telescope designed to search for planets outside of the Solar System (such planets are called exoplanets). 
  TESS was launched on April 18, 2018 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.  The total value of the launch services contract is US$87 million.  SpaceX was awarded the launch in December 2014.
caption: Artist concept of TESS
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