GCN Circular 41487
Subject
GRB 250821A: GECAM-B detection
Event
Date
2025-08-22T07:46:56Z (3 days ago)
From
Chenwei Wang at IHEP <cwwang@ihep.ac.cn>
Via
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Chen-Wei Wang, Shao-Lin Xiong and Yue Huang (IHEP) report on behalf of GECAM team:
GECAM-B was triggered on-ground by GRB 250821A at 2025-08-21T10:46:18.000 UTC (denoted as T0), which is also detected by Swift/BAT (S. Dichiara et al., GCN#41462). According to the GECAM-B light curves in about 40-6000 keV, this burst mainly consists of a single pulse with a duration (T90) of 1.5 +1.5/-0.5 s.
The GECAM-B light curve can be found here:
https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/gecamgrb250821A.png
Gravitational wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) mission originally consists of two micro-satellites (GECAM-A and GECAM-B) launched in Dec. 2020. As the third member of GECAM constellation, GECAM-C was launched onboard SATech-01 experimental satellite in July 2022. GECAM mission is funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).