Sector 39



× Warning for Sector 39 (April 2021):The TESS Input Catalog was updated to v8.2. This new TIC identifies some newly discovered ARTIFACT and DUPLICATE sources that were not flagged in v8.0/8.1. For a description of these anomalies please read Section 1.1 of the DRN in addition to supplemental material.

Sector 39 Information

For full data release notes see: DRN56. For a list of TIC IDs with noted issues, see this list.

Update: The TESS Input Catalog was updated to v8.2. This new TIC identifies some newly discovered ARTIFACT and DUPLICATE sources that were not flagged in v8.0/8.1. For a description of these anomalies please read Section 1.1 of the DRN in addition to supplemental material.

Sector Summary

  • Sector dates: May 27 to June 24 2021
  • Pointing: Southern hemisphere
  • Days of Science Data Collection: 26.95
  • Days of Paused Data Collection: 1.0


  • Spacecraft Pointing (deg)

    RA dec roll
    Spacecraft 242.2 -76.4 161.6
    Camera 1 256.42 -40.93 264.36
    Camera 2 251.04 -64.73 259.98
    Camera 3 182.47 -85.64 12.32
    Camera 4 90.01 -66.56 280.76



    Orbit Summary

    Orbits Dates (UTC)

    Start - End

    Cadence #

    Start - End

    Momentum dumps
    85 2021-05-27 - 2021-06-09 816704 - 826129 1
    86 2021-06-10 - 2021-06-24 826849 - 836829 1



    Sector Notes

    Noted Issue Description
    Spacecraft pointing Cameras 1 and 4 were used for guiding in orbits 85 and 86 of Sector 39.
    Scattered light In Sector 39, there is scattered light for most of both orbits.