EscaPADE

Mission

EscaPADE on New Glenn. Thu 13 Nov 2025, 20:55:01 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Launch Complex 36A. Source: Launch Library 2.

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.

Mission type

Planetary Science

Orbit

Mars Orbit

Programmes: Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration

Launch timeline

Times are relative to liftoff.

1. T-4 h 30 minThu 13 Nov, 17:25 CET

   Stage 2 LH2 Load

   Start of liquid hydrogen loading in the second stage

2. T-4 hThu 13 Nov, 17:55 CET

   Stage 2 LOX Load

   Start of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage

3. T-4 hThu 13 Nov, 17:55 CET

   Stage 1 LOX Load

   Start of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage

4. T-3 h 30 minThu 13 Nov, 18:25 CET

   Stage 1 LNG Load

   Start of liquid methane loading in the first stage

5. T-1 hThu 13 Nov, 20:55 CET

   Prop Load Complete

   End of propellant loading

6. T-30 minThu 13 Nov, 21:25 CET

   Weather Check

   Check of the weather conditions for launch

7. T-17 minThu 13 Nov, 21:38 CET

   Ready Poll

   Polling ready ahead of terminal count

8. T-4 minThu 13 Nov, 21:51 CET

   Terminal Count

   Start of the terminal countdown towards launch

9. T-2 min 30 sThu 13 Nov, 21:52 CET

   Tank Press

   Fuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels

10. T-1 min 30 sThu 13 Nov, 21:53 CET

    Internal Power

    Launch vehicle switches to internal power sources

11. T-30 sThu 13 Nov, 21:54 CET

    Water Deluge

    Water deluge systems turn on

12. T-30 sThu 13 Nov, 21:54 CET

    Startup

    The onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks

13. T-5.6 sThu 13 Nov, 21:54 CET

    Ignition

    Start of the engine ignition sequence

14. T-0Thu 13 Nov, 21:55 CET

    Liftoff

    First upwards movement of the rocket

15. T+1 min 35 sThu 13 Nov, 21:56 CET

    Max-Q

    Maximum dynamic pressure

16. T+3 min 5 sThu 13 Nov, 21:58 CET

    MECO

    Cut-off of the main engine

17. T+3 min 9 sThu 13 Nov, 21:58 CET

    Stage 2 Separation

    Separation of the second stage from the first

18. T+3 min 17 sThu 13 Nov, 21:58 CET

    SES-1

    First start of the second engine

19. T+3 min 50 sThu 13 Nov, 21:58 CET

    Fairing Separation

    Separation of the payload fairing

20. T+6 min 48 sThu 13 Nov, 22:01 CET

    Boosters Entry Burn Startup

    Start of the boosters atmospheric entry burn

21. T+7 min 18 sThu 13 Nov, 22:02 CET

    Boosters Entry Burn Shutdown

    End of the boosters atmospheric entry burn

22. T+8 min 27 sThu 13 Nov, 22:03 CET

    Boosters Landing Burn

    Start of the boosters landing burn

23. T+9 min 9 sThu 13 Nov, 22:04 CET

    Boosters Landing

    Landing of the boosters

24. T+12 min 53 sThu 13 Nov, 22:07 CET

    SECO-1

    First cut-off of the second engine

25. T+25 minThu 13 Nov, 22:20 CET

    SES-2

    Second start of the second engine

26. T+26 min 44 sThu 13 Nov, 22:21 CET

    SECO-2

    Second cut-off of the second engine

27. T+33 min 18 sThu 13 Nov, 22:28 CET

    Payload Separation

    Final deployment of the payload from the rocket

28. T+33 min 48 sThu 13 Nov, 22:28 CET

    Payload Separation

    Final deployment of the payload from the rocket

29. T+1 h 41 min 54 sThu 13 Nov, 23:36 CET

    Mission End

    End of the launch vehicle's mission

Slip history

Changes recorded by Space Right Now

No changes since we started tracking on Sat 10 Oct 2026, 11:17 UTC.

Launch pad

Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (US)

Coordinates: 28.4705556, -80.542194