Udało im się też odzyskać drugą owiewkę, ale mocno uszkodzoną. Prawdopodobnie nie miała spadochronu tylko sam system RCS.
Tymczasem TESS wykonał drugi manewr z uruchomieniem silników (P1M) oraz przeprowadzono pomyslne testy systemów komunikacji:
.@NASA_TESS successfully completed the first perigee maneuver (PM1). Initial indications are that the burn was nominal. P1M is the second of six on orbit burns for #TESS to reach its final science orbit.
.@NASA_TESS Mission Update: The Ka-band transmitter and Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier were turned on. @NASASCaN's Deep Space Network successfully locked on to the Ka signal immediately. The link showed a strong link margin with no errors.
.@NASA_TESS Mission Update: The #TESS ADHU (data handling unit computer for the instrument from @SEAKR_Eng) was turned on. Checkout confirmed all nominal. #TESS sent data from the ADHU to the Ka Transmitter and received packets at DSN without errors.