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PUNCH-WFI02, 63181

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PUNCH-WFI02, 63181 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

63181, 2025-047D

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, 1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.625 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 PUNCH-WFI02
1 63181U 25047D   25184.05080532  .00000477  00000-0  80695-4 0  9990
2 63181  97.9517  10.6998 0009862 217.1043 142.9484 14.73644487 16620

Epoch: 2025-07-03T01:13Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-03T01:13:09.579Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

71.08679°

Altitude

658.004 km

Speed

7.525 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 42m 47s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

30.13038°

Longitude

66.93337°

Altitude

660.209 km

Speed

7.526 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 00m 13s

Apparent Declination

-24° 49' 43"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

00:32:32

Azimuth

188.08° SSW

Elevation

24.818°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

653.437 km

Perigee altitude

639.581 km

Semi-major axis

7,024.646 km

Eccentricity

0.00099

Inclination

97.9517°

RAAN

10.6998°

Arg. of periapsis

217.1043°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

142.9484°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.68643 °/min

Orbital period

97.66 mins

BSTAR

0.000080695

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PUNCH-WFI02 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 12:45:49.881Z	188.01° SSW	2025-07-03 12:48:49.881Z	287.612° WNW	39.263°	2025-07-03 12:51:49.881Z	336.027° NNW
6 mins	2025-07-04 00:37:49.881Z	47.723° ENE	2025-07-04 00:40:49.881Z	108.228° ESE	25.373°	2025-07-04 00:43:49.881Z	154.078° SSE
5 mins	2025-07-04 02:14:49.881Z	330.682° NNW	2025-07-04 02:16:49.881Z	293.702° NW	22.825°	2025-07-04 02:19:49.881Z	243.318° WSW
6 mins	2025-07-04 11:35:49.881Z	110.705° ESE	2025-07-04 11:37:49.881Z	77.065° E	22.47°	2025-07-04 11:41:49.881Z	14.282° NNE

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