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PUNCH-NFI00, 63178

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PUNCH-NFI00, 63178 is a payload satellite owned by JPL (US) 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

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (US)

Manufacturer

BAEB

Mission

Operational Civil Astronomy

Bus & Motor

SPHEREX, Unknown motor

Mass

502 kg wet, 502 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-03-12 (4 months 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, 3.2 m

Radar Cross Section

10.556 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 PUNCH-NFI00
1 63178U 25047A   25183.79053982  .00000445  00000-0  75080-4 0  9992
2 63178  97.9547  10.5704 0010853 193.8677 166.2235 14.74132693 16599

Epoch: 2025-07-02T18:58Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-02T18:58:22.64Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

164.90949°

Altitude

658.326 km

Speed

7.524 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 42m 16s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

71.46509°

Longitude

140.83302°

Altitude

663.964 km

Speed

7.53 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 14m 33s

Apparent Declination

25° 03' 08"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:50:09

Azimuth

23.202° NE

Elevation

-21.318°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

652.579 km

Perigee altitude

637.335 km

Semi-major axis

7,023.094 km

Eccentricity

0.00109

Inclination

97.9547°

RAAN

10.5704°

Arg. of periapsis

193.8677°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

166.2235°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.68766 °/min

Orbital period

97.62 mins

BSTAR

0.00007508

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PUNCH-NFI00 Visibility forecast

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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.
6 mins	2025-07-03 11:24:41.836Z	111.168° ESE	2025-07-03 11:27:41.836Z	68.57° E	18.382°	2025-07-03 11:30:41.836Z	23.776° NE
6 mins	2025-07-03 13:01:41.836Z	204.926° SW	2025-07-03 13:03:41.836Z	245.079° WSW	31.453°	2025-07-03 13:07:41.836Z	327.306° NNW
6 mins	2025-07-04 00:53:41.836Z	41.585° NE	2025-07-04 00:55:41.836Z	88.58° E	33.474°	2025-07-04 00:59:41.836Z	167.776° S
4 mins	2025-07-04 02:30:41.836Z	320.236° NNW	2025-07-04 02:32:41.836Z	287.33° WNW	16.79°	2025-07-04 02:34:41.836Z	258.085° W

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