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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

12 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 (4 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, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.625 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 PUNCH-WFI01
1 63179U 25047B   25199.48451873  .00000409  00000-0  70504-4 0  9993
2 63179  97.9571  25.9696 0010118 160.6950 199.4644 14.73570219 18905

Epoch: 2025-07-18T11:37Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T11:37:42.418Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

-84.99246°

Altitude

659.411 km

Speed

7.524 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 43m 52s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

35.87628°

Longitude

101.2709°

Altitude

647.717 km

Speed

7.541 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 03m 43s

Apparent Declination

0° 36' 36"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:28:50

Azimuth

93.572° ESE

Elevation

5.207°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

653.853 km

Perigee altitude

639.638 km

Semi-major axis

7,024.883 km

Eccentricity

0.00101

Inclination

97.9571°

RAAN

25.9696°

Arg. of periapsis

160.695°

True anomaly

199.42581°

Mean anomaly

199.4644°

Eccentric anomaly

199.4451°

Mean motion

3.68625 °/min

Orbital period

97.66 mins

BSTAR

0.000070504

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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	2025-07-19 01:14:11.729Z	16.919° NNE	2025-07-19 01:18:11.729Z	139.245° SSE	43.601°	2025-07-19 01:22:11.729Z	188.098° SSW
8 mins	2025-07-19 12:11:11.729Z	153.512° SSE	2025-07-19 12:15:11.729Z	99.95° ESE	40.226°	2025-07-19 12:19:11.729Z	357.033° N

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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