{"id":2851,"date":"2018-04-11T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/?p=2851"},"modified":"2018-04-09T11:31:44","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T15:31:44","slug":"the-unique-orbit-of-tess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/?p=2851","title":{"rendered":"The Unique Orbit of TESS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 30px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 5px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 5px;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-AIbD2WxyN8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 5px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NASA dixit:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;NASA&#8217;s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite &#8211; TESS &#8211; will fly in an orbit that completes two circuits around Earth every time the Moon orbits once. This special orbit will allow TESS&#8217;s cameras to monitor each patch of sky continuously for nearly a month at a time. To get into this orbit, TESS will make a series of loops culminating in a lunar gravity assist, which will give it the final push it needs. TESS will reach its orbit about 60 days after launch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Music Credit: &#8220;Drive to Succeed&#8221; from Killer Tracks<\/p>\n<p>Video Credit: NASA&#8217;s Goddard Space Flight Center<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 5px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA&#8217;s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite &#8211; TESS &#8211; will fly in an orbit that completes two circuits around Earth every time the Moon orbits once. This special orbit will allow TESS&#8217;s cameras to monitor each patch of sky continuously for nearly a month at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[391,15,111,12,463],"tags":[685],"class_list":["post-2851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-robotic-exploration","category-space-telescopes","category-spacecraft-design","category-videos","tag-tess"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2852,"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851\/revisions\/2852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}