Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
Space vehicle
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is a space telescope for NASA's Explorer program, designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method in an area 400 times larger than that covered by the Kepler mission. Wikipedia
Launch date: April 18, 2018
Cost: 200 million USD (2013)
Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 40
Perigee altitude: 108,000 km (67,000 mi)
Mission length: two-year
Bus: LEOStar-2/750