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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

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

Box + 1 Pan, 1.9 m

Radar Cross Section

0.625 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 16 hours ago

TLE from 16 hours ago

0 PUNCH-WFI01
1 63179U 25047B   26257.50242335  .00000360  00000-0  61765-4 0  9998
2 63179  97.9606  81.2457 0007667 248.3961 111.6431 14.74427337 81223

Epoch: 2026-09-14T12:03Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-14T12:03:29.377Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

-93.1085°

Altitude

651.972 km

Speed

7.531 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 24m 58s

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

21:09:34

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

649.405 km

Perigee altitude

638.637 km

Semi-major axis

7,022.158 km

Eccentricity

0.00077

Inclination

97.9606°

RAAN

81.2457°

Arg. of periapsis

248.3961°

True anomaly

111.72473°

Mean anomaly

111.6431°

Eccentric anomaly

111.68392°

Mean motion

3.68839 °/min

Orbital period

97.6 mins

BSTAR

0.000061765

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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 12:37:24.368Z	184.753° SSW	2026-09-15 12:40:24.368Z	280.414° WNW	59.408°	2026-09-15 12:44:24.368Z	339.824° N
6 mins	2026-09-16 00:29:24.368Z	50.767° ENE	2026-09-16 00:31:24.368Z	87.412° E	27.404°	2026-09-16 00:35:24.368Z	153.789° SSE
5 mins	2026-09-16 02:06:24.368Z	328.727° NNW	2026-09-16 02:08:24.368Z	289.047° WNW	26.266°	2026-09-16 02:11:24.368Z	240.089° WSW

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PUNCH-WFI01, 63179

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 16 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-14T12:03:29.377Z)

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