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Data Ingest
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Because the time to process a TESS sector is not the same each sector, TESS data do not arrive at a perfectly regular cadence. MAST will post the date of the next data ingest on this page once it is known, usually 1 day before ingest begins. TESS
After the data are delivered to the archive when processing has finished. This takes between 1 and 2 months after the data are downloaded from the spacecraft. While the data are ingested into the MAST databases, data products will gradually become available for download. , ingest begins. One sector of TESS data takes approximately 20 hours to archive and make available in the MAST Portal. Since data become available immediately after being archived, during this ingest process there is an incomplete set of data the data gradually appear in the MAST archiveportal and astroquery searches. After all data are archived, MAST services such as the bulk downloads, TESScut, and exo.MAST take another 1-2 days to bring online. See the flow chart below for a typical timeline for the ingest of TESS data.
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