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  • TESS anniversary

    From Snidely@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 6 16:51:20 2022
    Well, 3 weeks ago ... the launch of TESS is 2018 started a mission that
    lasted into 2020, and the satellite has been running an Extended
    Mission since then.

    <URL:http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-planet-hunter-on-its-way-to-orbit>

    Happy Belated Birthday, TESS!

    <URL:https://tess.mit.edu/> <URL:https://www.nasa.gov/content/latest-tess-stories>

    (highly elliptical cisLunar orbit, 13.7 day period)

    /dps "a backlog in my newsrc"

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