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PUNCH-WFI 3
NASA heliophysics satellite, part of the PUNCH constellation. PUNCH-WFI 3 was launched on March 12, 2025 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2025-047CNORAD 63180United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- PUNCH-WFI-3
- Common name
- PUNCH-WFI 3
- Payload designation
- PUNCH-WFI03
- International designator
- 2025-047C
- NORAD catalog number
- 63180
- GCAT identifier
- S63180
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1290
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- SMEX
- Owner
- SWRI
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- SouthWest Research Institute
- Platform (bus)
- Punch
Launch
- Date
- March 12, 2025 · 03:10 UTC
- Launch record
- 2025-047Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 638 km
- Apogee
- 663 km
- Inclination
- 97.96°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Mar 12, 2025
Size
- Mass
- 64 kg
- Dry mass
- 64 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 1.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q133266222 (CC0).