SpaceX: TESS MISSION
SpaceX has completed the launch of NASA’s "Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite" (TESS) on Wednesday, April 18 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
The 30-second launch window opened at 6:51 p.m. EDT, or 22:51 UTC and TESS was deployed into a highly elliptical orbit approximately 48 minutes after launch. Following stage separation, SpaceX will attempt to land Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
