GCN Circular 44449
Subject
GRB 260502A: GECAM-B observation of a short burst
Event
Date
2026-05-03T15:58:17Z (2 hours ago)
From
Xinghao Luo at IHEP <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 260502A, at 2026-05-02T05:01:00.300 UTC (denoted as T0), which is also detected by Fermi/GBM (Fermi GBM team, GCN #44447).
According to the GECAM-B light curves in about 70-6000 keV, this burst mainly consists of a single pulse pulses with a duration (T90) of 0.40 +0.14/-0.08 s.
The GECAM-B light curve can be found here:
https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/gecambgrb260502A.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).