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EscaPADE Gold
Spacecraft designed to conduct heliophysics research in orbit of Mars. EscaPADE Gold was launched on November 13, 2025 aboard a New Glenn 7x2 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Nov 14, 2025).
COSPAR 2025-260BNORAD 66452United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ESCAPADE Gold
- Common name
- EscaPADE Gold
- Payload designation
- ESCAPADE 2
- International designator
- 2025-260B
- NORAD catalog number
- 66452
- GCAT identifier
- S66452
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- UCB
- Owner
- UCB
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Rocket Lab USA, Long Beach
- Platform (bus)
- RL Pioneer
Launch
- Date
- November 13, 2025 · 20:55 UTC
- Launch record
- 2025-260Success
- Rocket
- New Glenn 7x2
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- CLO
- Perigee
- 199 km
- Apogee
- 3,971,603 km
- Inclination
- 29.53°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- November 14, 2025
- Last known active
- Nov 13, 2025
Size
- Mass
- 535 kg
- Dry mass
- 201 kg
- Length
- 0.9 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 3.0 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D01199
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- November 14, 2025
- Phase outcome
- In orbit
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q136788657 (CC0).