Observatory · NORAD 43226
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. Highly-elliptical 2:1 lunar-resonance orbit; unique orbit-search intent traffic.
| Operator | NASA |
| Launched | 2018-04-18 |
| Approx. altitude | 3,73,000 km |
| Inclination | 37.0° |
| NORAD catalog id | 43226 |
The current two-line element set for this object is served from Ephem's cache at:
GET · https://ephem-api.YOUR-SUBDOMAIN.workers.dev/v1/objects/43226
curl -s https://ephem-api.YOUR-SUBDOMAIN.workers.dev/v1/objects/43226 \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ek_live_..."Cached 1 h. Backed by the CelesTrak active catalog, refreshed nightly.
TESS is included in the nightly SGP4 propagation that produces Ephem's debris density feed. Its sub-satellite point at any moment can be computed client-side from the TLE using standard SGP4 (the same code path the overhead map uses in your browser).