GCN Circular 43113
Subject
GRB 251214B: GECAM-B observation of a long burst
Event
Date
2025-12-15T09:50:28Z (a day ago)
From
Xinghao Luo at SVOM/GRN <2952704891@qq.com>
Via
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Xing-Hao Luo, Chen-Wei Wang, Shao-Lin Xiong (IHEP) report on behalf of GECAM team:
GECAM-B was triggered in-flight by GRB 251214B, at 2025-12-14T09:02:19.10 UTC (denoted as T0), which is also detected by Fermi/GBM (Fermi GBM team, GCN #43088).
According to the GECAM-B light curves in about 70-6000 keV, this burst mainly consists of multiple pulses with a duration (T90) of 17.7 +1.8/-1.2 s.
The GECAM-B light curve can be found here:
https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/gecambgrb251214B.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).