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PUNCH-NFIOO, 63178

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PUNCH-NFIOO, 63178 is a payload satellite owned by JPL (US) 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

Last TLE update

14 hours ago

Origin

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (US)

Manufacturer

BAEB

Mission

Operational Civil Astronomy

Bus & Motor

SPHEREX, Unknown motor

Mass

502 kg wet, 502 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-03-12 (1 month 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, 3.2 m

Radar Cross Section

10.556 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 14 hours ago

0 PUNCH-NFIOO
1 63178U 25047A   25115.50388671  .00001210  00000-0  19129-3 0  9994
2 63178  97.9555 303.5681 0012498  63.5718 296.6771 14.74036610  6531

Epoch: 2025-04-25T12:05Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-25T12:05:35.811Z)

Latitude

-0.00009°

Longitude

-91.59112°

Altitude

647.288 km

Speed

7.536 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 14m 16s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-52.60354°

Longitude

78.50885°

Altitude

677.327 km

Speed

7.512 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 32m 31s

Apparent Declination

-76° 29' 25"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

09:27:41

Azimuth

196.906° SSW

Elevation

-45.252°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

654.04 km

Perigee altitude

636.485 km

Semi-major axis

7,023.399 km

Eccentricity

0.0012498

Inclination

97.9555°

RAAN

303.5681°

Arg. of periapsis

63.5718°

True anomaly

296.54904°

Mean anomaly

296.6771°

Eccentric anomaly

296.61308°

Mean motion

3.68742 °/min

BSTAR

0.00019129

Orbital period

97.63 mins

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PUNCH-NFIOO 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.
7 mins	2025-04-26 12:39:48.799Z	177.639° S	2025-04-26 12:42:48.799Z	276.848° WNW	43.121°	2025-04-26 12:46:48.799Z	342.369° N
6 mins	2025-04-27 00:31:48.799Z	51.14° ENE	2025-04-27 00:34:48.799Z	105.311° ESE	21.855°	2025-04-27 00:37:48.799Z	148.525° SSE

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