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PUNCH-NFI00, 63178

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PUNCH-NFI00, 63178 is an American payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Wed, 12 Mar 2025 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

63178, 2025-047A

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

SouthWest Research Institute (US)

Manufacturer

SWRI

Mission

Operational Civil Astronomy

Bus & Motor

PUNCH, Unknown motor

Mass

64 kg wet, 64 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-03-12 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + Cone + 2 Pan, 1.9 m

Radar Cross Section

10.556 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 18 hours ago

TLE from 18 hours ago

0 PUNCH-NFI00
1 63178U 25047A   26257.43073319  .00000348  00000-0  59477-4 0  9996
2 63178  97.9584  81.3598 0009983 227.2421 132.7949 14.74844722 81234

Epoch: 2026-09-14T10:20Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-14T10:20:15.347Z)

Latitude

-0°

Longitude

-67.11528°

Altitude

653.425 km

Speed

7.528 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 25m 26s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

21:07:38

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

649.703 km

Perigee altitude

635.686 km

Semi-major axis

7,020.832 km

Eccentricity

0.001

Inclination

97.9584°

RAAN

81.3598°

Arg. of periapsis

227.2421°

True anomaly

132.87877°

Mean anomaly

132.7949°

Eccentric anomaly

132.83684°

Mean motion

3.68944 °/min

Orbital period

97.58 mins

BSTAR

0.000059477

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
7 mins	2026-09-15 12:31:29.089Z	176.771° S	2026-09-15 12:34:29.089Z	288.573° WNW	70.289°	2026-09-15 12:38:29.089Z	343.038° N
5 mins	2026-09-16 00:23:29.089Z	56.065° ENE	2026-09-16 00:25:29.089Z	91.43° ESE	23.42°	2026-09-16 00:28:29.089Z	141.671° SSE
6 mins	2026-09-16 01:59:29.089Z	342.331° N	2026-09-16 02:02:29.089Z	284.202° WNW	30.325°	2026-09-16 02:05:29.089Z	234.004° WSW

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PUNCH-NFI00, 63178

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 18 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-14T10:20:15.347Z)

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