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PUNCH-WFI01, 63179

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PUNCH-WFI01, 63179 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

63179, 2025-047B

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

20 hours ago

Origin

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 months ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.625 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 20 hours ago

0 PUNCH-WFI01
1 63179U 25047B   25128.47597124  .00000852  00000-0  13721-3 0  9993
2 63179  97.9575 316.2956 0011556  29.2915 330.8939 14.73991303  8449

Epoch: 2025-05-08T11:25Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T11:25:23.915Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-81.59997°

Altitude

644.273 km

Speed

7.54 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 05m 10s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-5.33954°

Longitude

-80.057°

Altitude

645.315 km

Speed

7.539 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 29m 35s

Apparent Declination

-28° 40' 09"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:05:53

Azimuth

93.033° ESE

Elevation

-44.641°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

653.523 km

Perigee altitude

637.29 km

Semi-major axis

7,023.544 km

Eccentricity

0.0011556

Inclination

97.9575°

RAAN

316.2956°

Arg. of periapsis

29.2915°

True anomaly

330.8294°

Mean anomaly

330.8939°

Eccentric anomaly

330.86166°

Mean motion

3.6873 °/min

BSTAR

0.00013721

Orbital period

97.63 mins

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PUNCH-WFI01 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.
8 mins	2025-05-09 11:58:58.861Z	141.648° SSE	2025-05-09 12:02:58.861Z	73.265° E	33.726°	2025-05-09 12:06:58.861Z	2.684° NNE
6 mins	2025-05-10 01:28:58.861Z	7.696° NNE	2025-05-10 01:30:58.861Z	346.052° N	42.893°	2025-05-10 01:34:58.861Z	198.904° SSW

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