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  "body": "C.C. Cheung, R. Woolf, M. Kerr, J.E. Grove (NRL), A. Goldstein (USRA), C.A. Wilson-Hodge, D. Kocevski (MSFC), and M.S. Briggs (UAH) report:\n\nThe Glowbug gamma-ray telescope [1,2,3], operating on the International Space Station, reports the detection of GRB 260414A, which was detected by Fermi/GBM (GCN 44293).\n\nUsing an adaptive window with a resolution of 32-ms, the burst onset is determined to be 2026-04-14 06:31:55.248 with a duration of 21.5 s and a total significance of about 21 sigma.  The detection occurred during a time of high background as Glowbug was entering the northern radiation belt.  The brightest peaks in the light curve are at ~T0+3.5s and ~T0+12.5s.\n\nThe analysis results presented here are preliminary and use a response function that lacks a detailed characterization of the surrounding passive structure of the ISS.\n\nGlowbug is a NASA-funded technology demonstrator for sensitive, low-cost gamma-ray transient telescopes developed, built, and operated by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) with support from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, USRA, and NASA MSFC.  It was launched on 2023 March 15 aboard the Department of Defense Space Test Program’s STP-H9 to the ISS and operated until 2024 April when it was put in safe storage on orbit. Glowbug was removed from storage and resumed operation on 2025 September 12.\n\n[1] Grove, J.E. et al. 2020, Proc. Yamada Conf. LXXI, arXiv:2009.11959\n[2] Woolf, R.S. et al. 2022, Proc. SPIE, 12181, id. 121811O\n[3] Woolf, R.S. et al. 2024, Proc. SPIE, 13151, id. 1315108\n\nDistribution Statement A: Approved for public release.  Distribution is unlimited.",
  "eventId": "GRB 260414A",
  "submittedHow": "web",
  "format": "text/plain",
  "createdOn": 1776208490281,
  "circularId": 44297,
  "subject": "GRB 260414A: Glowbug gamma-ray detection",
  "submitter": "C.C. Cheung at Naval Research Lab <Teddy.Cheung@nrl.navy.mil>"
}