PUNCH-NFI (SMEX 15A) is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by SouthWest Research Institute / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, launched 2025.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 97.9568° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0012509 |
| Period | 97.6 min |
| Apogee | 655 km |
| Perigee | 637 km |
| Mean motion | 14.74791077 rev/day |
| RAAN | 13.0832° |
| Arg of perigee | 94.6547° |
| Mean anomaly | 265.6091° |
| B* | 7.5483e-5 |
| Rev at epoch | 7,099 |
1 63178U 25047A 26187.95644764 .00000456 00000-0 75483-4 0 99982 63178 97.9568 13.0832 0012509 94.6547 265.6091 14.74791077 70991{
"OBJECT_NAME": "PUNCH-NFI (SMEX 15A)",
"OBJECT_ID": "2025-047A",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-06T22:57:17.076+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 14.74791077,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0012509,
"INCLINATION": 97.9568,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 13.0832,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 94.6547,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 265.6091,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 63178,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 7099,
"BSTAR": 0.000075483,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00000456,
"MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.
| Name | PUNCH-NFI (SMEX 15A) |
| Operator | SouthWest Research Institute / NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree |
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| Launch mass (kg) | 64 |
//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
| Mission purpose | — |
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