Sector 101



Sector 101 Information

For full data release notes see: DRN138. For a list of TIC IDs with noted issues, see this list.

Sector Summary

  • Sector dates: Mar 01 to Mar 27 2026
  • Pointing: Southern hemisphere
  • Days of Science Data Collection: 25.50
  • Days of Paused Data Collection: 0.63


  • Spacecraft Pointing (deg)

    RA dec roll
    Spacecraft 209.02 -62.03 217.75
    Camera 1 184.53 -29.77 289.32
    Camera 2 197.12 -51.89 297.73
    Camera 3 231.12 -70.22 148.05
    Camera 4 303.95 -68.82 217.35



    Orbit Summary

    Orbits Dates (UTC)

    Start - End

    Cadence #

    Start - End

    Momentum dumps
    213a 2026-03-01 - 2026-03-07 2068719 - 2073312 1
    213b 2026-03-07 - 2026-03-14 2073464 - 2077979 1
    214a 2026-03-14 - 2026-03-20 2078131 - 2082664 1
    214b 2026-03-20 - 2026-03-27 2082816 - 2087532 1

    Sector Notes

    Noted Issue Description
    Rolled Sector: Sector 101 is the third of 9 overlapping “rolled” sectors that provide extended temporal coverage of the southern ecliptic’s mid-latitudes. This observing plan is designed to detect longer period planets than typical TESS pointings at latitudes that are more amenable to follow up observations.
    Spacecraft pointing: The pointing in Sector 101 was set at -46.0 degrees in ecliptic latitude. The instrument fieldof-view was rotated by ∼ 40◦ covering a region of southern ecliptic mid-latitudes. Camera 1 was used for guiding in all four half-orbit segments: 213a, 213b, 214a, 214b. Camera 4 was also used for guiding 213b.
    Scattered light: In Sector 101, the Earth introduces scattered light signals in Camera 3 and 4 near the beginning of orbits 213a and 214a and end of orbit 213b and 214b.