PUNCH-WFI 1 (SMEX 15B) is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by SouthWest Research Institute / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, launched 2025.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 97.9587° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0010329 |
| Period | 97.7 min |
| Apogee | 654 km |
| Perigee | 640 km |
| Mean motion | 14.74371536 rev/day |
| RAAN | 12.9773° |
| Arg of perigee | 111.2509° |
| Mean anomaly | 248.9804° |
| B* | 8.0663e-5 |
| Rev at epoch | 7,098 |
1 63179U 25047B 26188.00843962 .00000485 00000-0 80663-4 0 99952 63179 97.9587 12.9773 0010329 111.2509 248.9804 14.74371536 70986{
"OBJECT_NAME": "PUNCH-WFI 1 (SMEX 15B)",
"OBJECT_ID": "2025-047B",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-07T00:12:09.183+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 14.74371536,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0010329,
"INCLINATION": 97.9587,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 12.9773,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 111.2509,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 248.9804,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 63179,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 7098,
"BSTAR": 0.000080663,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00000485,
"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-WFI 1 (SMEX 15B) |
| 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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