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PUNCH-WFI-3, 63180

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PUNCH-WFI-3, 63180 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

63180, 2025-047C

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

15 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 15 hours ago

0 PUNCH-WFI-3
1 63180U 25047C   25118.77648800  .00001109  00000-0  17781-3 0  9991
2 63180  97.9531 306.7349 0011583  62.9994 297.2395 14.73587670  7016

Epoch: 2025-04-28T18:38Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-28T18:38:08.563Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

170.21358°

Altitude

648.93 km

Speed

7.535 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 26m 56s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-8.52248°

Longitude

172.00412°

Altitude

651.283 km

Speed

7.533 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 29m 14s

Apparent Declination

-40° 39' 54"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:45:42

Azimuth

118.705° SE

Elevation

-31.868°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

654.827 km

Perigee altitude

638.553 km

Semi-major axis

7,024.827 km

Eccentricity

0.0011583

Inclination

97.9531°

RAAN

306.7349°

Arg. of periapsis

62.9994°

True anomaly

297.12141°

Mean anomaly

297.2395°

Eccentric anomaly

297.18046°

Mean motion

3.68629 °/min

BSTAR

0.00017781

Orbital period

97.66 mins

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PUNCH-WFI-3 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	2025-04-29 12:41:50.334Z	180.787° SSW	2025-04-29 12:44:50.334Z	287.739° WNW	41.877°	2025-04-29 12:48:50.334Z	341.648° N
6 mins	2025-04-30 00:33:50.334Z	49.472° ENE	2025-04-30 00:36:50.334Z	104.764° ESE	23.011°	2025-04-30 00:39:50.334Z	149.616° SSE
5 mins	2025-04-30 02:10:50.334Z	334.564° NNW	2025-04-30 02:12:50.334Z	296.375° NW	25.108°	2025-04-30 02:15:50.334Z	240.858° WSW

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