Space probe

ESCAPADE Gold

NASA · Rocket Lab · launched 2025

Twin smallsat (Gold) bound for Mars to study its magnetosphere.

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Right now · as of

Sun–Earth L2

1.34 million km from Earth; a signal takes 4.5 s

150 million km (1 AU) from the Sun, moving at 0.57 km/s relative to Earth

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The flight

  1. November 13, 2025

    Launched on New Glenn from Cape Canaveral LC-36A

  2. June 30, 2026

    Flies past Moon, 143,960 km away

  3. September 6, 2027 · expected

    Flies past Mars, 18,871 km away

From the trajectory NASA JPL Horizons publishes for it.

Facts

What it is
Space probe
Agency
NASA · Rocket Lab
Launched
November 13, 2025
Rocket
New Glenn
Launch site
Cape Canaveral LC-36A
International designator
2025-260B

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