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GCN Circular 42952

Subject
GRB 251201B: GECAM-B observation of a long burst
Date
2025-12-02T15:41:14Z (2 days ago)
From
Yue Wang <m18509381757@163.com>
Via
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Yue Wang, Chen-Wei Wang, Hao-Xuan Guo, Shao-Lin Xiong (IHEP) report on behalf of GECAM team:

GECAM-B was triggered on-ground by GRB 251201B, at 2025-12-01T16:26:32.950 UTC (denoted as T0), which is also detected by Fermi/GBM (Fermi GBM team, GCN #42923). 

According to the GECAM-B light curves in about 70-6000 keV, this burst mainly consists of a long pulse with a duration (T90) of 65 +6/-5 s.

The GECAM-B light curve can be found here:
https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/gecambgrb251201B.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).
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