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EscaPADE

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November 13, 2025 · 20:55 UTC

Launch SuccessfulWeather 99% go
EscaPADE

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Summary

EscaPADE launched on a Blue Origin New Glenn from Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 13, 2025 at 20:55 UTC. The launch window ran from 19:57 to 21:25 UTC. It was Blue Origin's 38th launch, 10th this year and humanity's 7,116th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd New Glenn flight. Booster GS1-SN002 flew for the 1st time and landed at Jacklyn. The payload was bound for Mars Orbit (Mars). ESCAPADE Blue, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 192 × 4,082,831 km orbit inclined 29.6°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.

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Vehicle
New Glenn · Blue OriginSmall Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration
Booster
  • GS1-SN002 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Jacklyn · landed2/3 landed here · 560 km downrange
Mission
Planetary Science · Mars Orbit (Mars)
Milestone
2nd New Glenn flightBlue Origin's 38th launch10th this yearhumanity's 7,116th orbital launch attempt267th orbital launch attempt this year

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Orbit: as tracked

29.6°Inclination
192 × 4082831 kmPerigee × apogeefrom mean elements
486090.7 minPeriodfrom mean elements
179.7°Ascending node
336 d agoElement epoch2025-11-13 21:21 UTC · stale

ESCAPADE Blue · NORAD 66451 · 2025-260 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects

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Object
ESCAPADE BLUE
Object ID
2025-260A
Epoch
2025-11-13 21:21:43 UTC
Mean motion
0.00296241 rev/day
Eccentricity
0.996795
Inclination
29.5791°
Ascending node
179.7445°
Arg. of perigee
180.328°
Mean anomaly
0.0007°
Element set
999
Rev at epoch
1
B*
0

Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Mars. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.

Flight timeline

29 steps, T−4 h 30 min to T+1 h 41 min
  1. T−4H30MStage 2 LH2 Load
  2. T−4HStage 2 LOX Load
  3. T−4HStage 1 LOX Load
  4. T−3H30MStage 1 LNG Load
  5. T−1HProp Load Complete
  6. T−30MWeather Check
  7. T−17MReady Poll
  8. T−4MTerminal Count
  9. T−2M30STank Press
  10. T−1M30SInternal Power
  11. T−30SStartup
  12. T−30SWater Deluge
  13. T−5.6SIgnition
  14. T−0Liftoff
  15. T+1M35SMax-Q
  16. T+3M5SMECO
  17. T+3M9SStage 2 Separation
  18. T+3M17SSES-1
  19. T+3M50SFairing Separation
  20. T+6M48SBoosters Entry Burn Startup
  21. T+7M18SBoosters Entry Burn Shutdown
  22. T+8M27SBoosters Landing Burn
  23. T+9M9SBoosters Landing
  24. T+12M53SSECO-1
  25. T+25MSES-2
  26. T+26M44SSECO-2
  27. T+33M18SPayload Separation
  28. T+33M48SPayload Separation
  29. T+1H41M54SMission End

Catalogued objects

3 catalogued: 3 payloads

  • ESCAPADE Blue · NORAD 66451 · left Earth orbit November 14, 2025
  • ESCAPADE Gold · NORAD 66452 · left Earth orbit November 14, 2025
  • Viasat CPS Demo · NORAD 66453 · left Earth orbit November 14, 2025

Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org

About this launch

Second flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn launch vehicle carrying the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE), a dual-spacecraft mission from University of California, Berkeley to study ion and sputtered escape from Mars. The spacecrafts' scientific goals are to understand the processes controlling the structure of Mars' hybrid magnetosphere and how it guides ion flows; understand how energy and momentum are transported from the solar wind through Mars' magnetosphere; and understand the processes controlling the flow of energy and matter into and out of the collisional atmosphere.

Official page: www.blueorigin.com

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Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

70th launch from Launch Complex 36A, 2nd this year · 1,067th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 13, 3:55 PM EST, in daylight

71 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

301 days after the previous launch from this pad

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Updates

All payloads in operation.

Cosmic_Penguin · Nov 14, 2025 · source

Show 9 earlier updates

  • Spacecraft separation confirmed.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/13/2025 · source

  • Liftoff.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/13/2025 · source

  • New T-0.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/13/2025 · source

  • Hold at T-17 minutes.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/13/2025 · source

  • New T-0.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/13/2025 · source

  • Hold at T-20s.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/13/2025 · source

  • Unofficial Webcast by Spaceflight Now has started

    LL2 · 11/13/2025 · source

  • Rescheduled for November 13.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/13/2025 · source

  • Delayed due to solar storm, new launch date TBD.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/12/2025 · source

Questions

When did EscaPADE launch?

EscaPADE launched on November 13, 2025 at 20:55 UTC. The launch window ran from 19:57 to 21:25 UTC.

Where can I watch EscaPADE?

Coverage: Replay: New Glenn Mission NG-2 Webcast; Watch live: Blue Origin's New Glenn launches NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars; Blue Origin Launches & Lands New Glenn Flight 2 - NASA ESCAPADE Mission to Mars. Watch the replay

What rocket launched EscaPADE?

New Glenn, flown by Blue Origin. New Glenn spec sheet

Where did EscaPADE launch from?

Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Nov 13, 3:55 PM EST local time at the pad.

Did the booster land?

Booster GS1-SN002 flew for the 1st time and landed at Jacklyn.

What orbit did EscaPADE reach?

ESCAPADE Blue, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 192 × 4,082,831 km orbit inclined 29.6°.

How many satellites did EscaPADE launch?

3 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).

Which program is EscaPADE part of?

Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration. About Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration