Observing dates
TESS launched April 18, 2018 at 6:51 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Regular science operations with TESS began on July 25, 2018. TESS is now within its extended mission and observing one sector at a time. TESS will continue to tile the sky with 27.4 day-long sectors during its now extended mission.
Sector dates
The start and end dates for each sector, and the list of GI targets (csv file) observed in each sector, are below. The MAST provide an up to date summary of TESS data available at the archive.
Information on how to download the data can be found here. The spacecraft pointing positions are available from MIT.
The data from each sector are required to be available at the MAST no later than 2 months after the observations for a given sector are completed. However, the data are routinely downloaded, processed through the pipeline, and released at MAST on shorter timescales than this. The data for each sector is typically available within 1 month of the end date for a given sector. Users are encouraged to check the MAST status page to check on the data availability for particular sectors.
Cycle 7
Sector dates
| Sector |
Pointing |
Start |
Stop |
GI target list |
Comments |
| s096 |
Southern hemisphere |
2025 Aug 20 |
2025 Sep 15 |
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| s095 |
Southern hemisphere |
2025 Jul 25 |
2025 Aug 20 |
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| s094 |
Southern hemisphere |
2025 Jun 29 |
2025 Jul 25 |
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| s093 |
Southern hemisphere |
2025 Jun 03 |
2025 Jun 29 |
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| s092 |
Ecliptic |
2025 May 07 |
2025 Jun 03 |
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| s091 |
Ecliptic |
2025 Apr 09 |
2025 May 07 |
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| s090 |
Southern hemisphere |
2025 Mar 12 |
2025 Apr 09 |
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| s089 |
Southern hemisphere |
2025 Feb 11 |
2025 Mar 12 |
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| s088 |
Southern hemisphere |
2025 Jan 14 |
2025 Feb 11 |
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| s087 |
Southern hemisphere |
2024 Dec 18 |
2025 Jan 14 |
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| s086 |
Northern hemisphere |
2024 Nov 21 |
2024 Dec 18 |
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| s085 |
Northern hemisphere |
2024 Oct 26 |
2024 Nov 21 |
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| s084 |
Northern hemisphere |
2024 Oct 01 |
2024 Oct 26 |
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Fifth TESS extended mission field, Cycle 7 begins
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Cycle 6
Sector dates
| Sector |
Pointing |
Start |
Stop |
GI target list |
Comments |
| s083 |
Northern hemisphere |
2024 Sep 05 |
2024 Oct 01 |
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| s082 |
Northern hemisphere |
2024 Aug 10 |
2024 Sep 05 |
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| s081 |
Northern hemisphere |
2024 Jul 15 |
2024 Aug 10 |
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| s080 |
Northern hemisphere |
2024 Jun 18 |
2024 Jul 15 |
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| s079 |
Northern hemisphere |
2024 May 21 |
2024 Jun 18 |
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| s078 |
Northern hemisphere |
2024 Apr 23 |
2024 May 21 |
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| s077 |
Northern hemisphere |
2024 Mar 26 |
2024 Apr 23 |
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| s076 |
Northern hemisphere |
2024 Feb 26 |
2024 Mar 26 |
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| s075 |
Northern hemisphere |
2024 Jan 30 |
2024 Feb 26 |
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| s074 |
Northern hemisphere |
2024 Jan 03 |
2024 Jan 30 |
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| s073 |
Northern hemisphere |
2023 Dec 07 |
2024 Jan 03 |
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| s072 |
Ecliptic |
2023 Nov 11 |
2023 Dec 07 |
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| s071 |
Ecliptic |
2023 Oct 16 |
2023 Nov 11 |
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| s070 |
Ecliptic |
2023 Sep 20 |
2023 Oct 16 |
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Fourth TESS extended mission field, Cycle 6 begins
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Cycle 5
Sector dates
| Sector |
Pointing |
Start |
Stop |
GI target list |
Comments |
| s069 |
Southern hemisphere |
2023 Aug 25 |
2023 Sep 20 |
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| s068 |
Southern hemisphere |
2023 Jul 29 |
2023 Aug 25 |
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| s067 |
Southern hemisphere |
2023 Jul 01 |
2023 Jul 29 |
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| s066 |
Southern hemisphere |
2023 Jun 02 |
2023 Jul 01 |
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| s065 |
Southern hemisphere |
2023 May 04 |
2023 Jun 02 |
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| s064 |
Southern hemisphere |
2023 Apr 06 |
2023 May 04 |
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| s063 |
Southern hemisphere |
2023 Mar 10 |
2023 Apr 06 |
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| s062 |
Southern hemisphere |
2023 Feb 12 |
2023 Mar 10 |
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| s061 |
Southern hemisphere |
2023 Jan 18 |
2023 Feb 12 |
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| s060 |
Northern hemisphere |
2022 Dec 23 |
2023 Jan 18 |
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| s059 |
Northern hemisphere |
2022 Nov 26 |
2022 Dec 23 |
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| s058 |
Northern hemisphere |
2022 Oct 29 |
2022 Nov 26 |
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| s057 |
Northern hemisphere |
2022 Sep 30 |
2022 Oct 29 |
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| s056 |
Northern hemisphere |
2022 Sep 01 |
2022 Sep 30 |
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Third TESS extended mission field, Cycle 5 begins
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Cycle 4
Sector dates
| Sector |
Pointing |
Start |
Stop |
GI target list |
Comments |
| s055 |
Northern hemisphere |
2022 Aug 05 |
2022 Sep 01 |
Download |
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| s054 |
Northern hemisphere |
2022 Jul 09 |
2022 Aug 05 |
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| s053 |
Northern hemisphere |
2022 Jun 13 |
2022 Jul 09 |
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| s052 |
Northern hemisphere |
2022 May 18 |
2022 Jun 13 |
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| s051 |
Northern hemisphere |
2022 Apr 22 |
2022 May 18 |
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| s050 |
Northern hemisphere |
2022 Mar 26 |
2022 Apr 22 |
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| s049 |
Northern hemisphere |
2022 Feb 26 |
2022 Mar 26 |
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| s048 |
Northern hemisphere |
2022 Jan 28 |
2022 Feb 26 |
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| s047 |
Northern hemisphere |
2021 Dec 30 |
2022 Jan 28 |
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| s046 |
Ecliptic |
2021 Dec 02 |
2022 Dec 30 |
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| s045 |
Ecliptic |
2021 Nov 06 |
2021 Dec 02 |
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| s044 |
Ecliptic |
2021 Oct 12 |
2021 Nov 06 |
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| s043 |
Ecliptic |
2021 Sep 16 |
2021 Oct 12 |
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| s042 |
Ecliptic |
2021 Aug 20 |
2021 Sep 16 |
Download |
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| s041 |
Northern hemisphere |
2021 Jul 23 |
2021 Aug 20 |
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| s040 |
Northern hemisphere |
2021 Jun 24 |
2021 Jul 23 |
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Second TESS extended mission field, Cycle 4 begins
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Cycle 3
Sector dates
| Sector |
Pointing |
Start |
Stop |
GI target list |
Comments |
| s039 |
Southern hemisphere |
2021 May 27 |
2021 Jun 24 |
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| s038 |
Southern hemisphere |
2021 Apr 29 |
2021 May 26 |
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| s037 |
Southern hemisphere |
2021 Apr 02 |
2021 Apr 28 |
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| s036 |
Southern hemisphere |
2021 Mar 07 |
2021 Apr 01 |
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| s035 |
Southern hemisphere |
2021 Feb 09 |
2021 Mar 06 |
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| s034 |
Southern hemisphere |
2021 Jan 14 |
2021 Feb 08 |
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| s033 |
Southern hemisphere |
2020 Dec 18 |
2021 Jan 13 |
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| s032 |
Southern hemisphere |
2020 Nov 19 |
2020 Dec 16 |
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| s031 |
Southern hemisphere |
2020 Oct 22 |
2020 Nov 18 |
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| s030 |
Southern hemisphere |
2020 Sep 23 |
2020 Oct 20 |
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| s029 |
Southern hemisphere |
2020 Aug 26 |
2020 Sep 21 |
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| s028 |
Southern hemisphere |
2020 Jul 31 |
2020 Aug 25 |
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| s027 |
Southern hemisphere |
2020 Jul 05 |
2020 Jul 30 |
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First TESS extended mission field, Cycle 3 begins
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Cycle 2
Cycle 1
Sector dates
| Sector |
Pointing |
Start |
Stop |
GI target list |
Comments |
| s013 |
Southern hemisphere |
2019 Jun 19 |
2019 Jul 17 |
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| s012 |
Southern hemisphere |
2019 May 21 |
2019 Jun 18 |
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| s011 |
Southern hemisphere |
2019 Apr 23 |
2019 May 20 |
Download |
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| s010 |
Southern hemisphere |
2019 Mar 26 |
2019 Apr 22 |
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| s009 |
Southern hemisphere |
2019 Feb 28 |
2019 Mar 25 |
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| s008 |
Southern hemisphere |
2019 Feb 02 |
2019 Feb 27 |
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| s007 |
Southern hemisphere |
2019 Jan 08 |
2019 Feb 01 |
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| s006 |
Southern hemisphere |
2018 Dec 12 |
2019 Jan 06 |
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| s005 |
Southern hemisphere |
2018 Nov 15 |
2018 Dec 11 |
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| s004 |
Southern hemisphere |
2018 Oct 19 |
2018 Nov 14 |
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| s003 |
Southern hemisphere |
2018 Sep 21 |
2018 Oct 17 |
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| s002 |
Southern hemisphere |
2018 Aug 23 |
2018 Sep 20 |
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| s001 |
Southern hemisphere |
2018 Jul 25 |
2018 Aug 22 |
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Distribution of targets
Illustrations showing all targets (in red) observed at 2-minute
cadence for each camera and sector.
Cycle 7
Cycle 6
Cycle 5
Cycle 4
Cycle 3
Cycle 2
Cycle 1
TESS 
Sector 86
Sector 87
Sector 84
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Sector 27
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Sector 14
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Sector 11
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Sector 6
Sector 5
Sector 4
Sector 3
Sector 2
Sector 1