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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: 14 hours ago

TLE from 14 hours ago

0 PUNCH-NFI00
1 63178U 25047A   26278.46254023  .00000368  00000-0  62308-4 0  9994
2 63178  97.9578 102.0343 0011470 157.7652 202.4057 14.74860269 84336

Epoch: 2026-10-05T11:06Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-05T11:06:03.475Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

-78.62126°

Altitude

656.059 km

Speed

7.525 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 48m 08s

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

19:05:53

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

650.698 km

Perigee altitude

634.592 km

Semi-major axis

7,020.782 km

Eccentricity

0.00115

Inclination

97.9578°

RAAN

102.0343°

Arg. of periapsis

157.7652°

True anomaly

202.35567°

Mean anomaly

202.4057°

Eccentric anomaly

202.38068°

Mean motion

3.68948 °/min

Orbital period

97.57 mins

BSTAR

0.000062308

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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.
5 mins	2026-10-06 02:19:30.137Z	334.096° NNW	2026-10-06 02:22:30.137Z	287.246° WNW	19.066°	2026-10-06 02:24:30.137Z	256.586° W
6 mins	2026-10-06 11:40:30.137Z	120.166° SE	2026-10-06 11:43:30.137Z	57.643° ENE	30.668°	2026-10-06 11:46:30.137Z	11.317° NNE
5 mins	2026-10-06 13:17:30.137Z	227.061° WSW	2026-10-06 13:19:30.137Z	261.995° W	23.016°	2026-10-06 13:22:30.137Z	311.503° NW

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PUNCH-NFI00, 63178

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 14 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-05T11:06:03.475Z)

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