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Carruthers Geocorona Observatory
NASA Earth exosphere observation satellite. Carruthers Geocorona Observatory was launched on September 24, 2025 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Sep 25, 2025).
COSPAR 2025-215CNORAD 65727United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Carruthers Geocorona Obs.
- Common name
- Carruthers Geocorona Observatory
- Payload designation
- Carruthers
- International designator
- 2025-215C
- NORAD catalog number
- 65727
- GCAT identifier
- S65727
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- SOLTP
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- BAE Systems, Boulder
- Platform (bus)
- Evolve
Launch
- Date
- September 24, 2025 · 11:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 2025-215Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- CLO
- Perigee
- 188 km
- Apogee
- 1,164,400 km
- Inclination
- 28.37°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- September 25, 2025
- Last known active
- Sep 24, 2025
Size
- Mass
- 240 kg
- Dry mass
- 200 kg
- Length
- 1.7 m
- Diameter
- 1.00 m
- Span
- 1.7 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D01195
- Final central body
- SEL1
- Phase start
- January 8, 2026
- Phase outcome
- In orbit
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2025 | Earth | Jan 8, 2026 | Escaped to another body | SEL1 |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q115588701 (CC0).