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TESS anniversary

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Subject: TESS anniversary
Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 16:51:20 -0700
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by: Snidely - Fri, 6 May 2022 23:51 UTC

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)

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