PUNCH-WFI 3 (SMEX 15D) is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by SouthWest Research Institute / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, launched 2025.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 97.9549° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0011441 |
| Period | 97.7 min |
| Apogee | 655 km |
| Perigee | 639 km |
| Mean motion | 14.74373048 rev/day |
| RAAN | 12.6394° |
| Arg of perigee | 103.5454° |
| Mean anomaly | 256.7030° |
| B* | 8.0679e-5 |
| Rev at epoch | 7,097 |
1 63180U 25047C 26187.96331559 .00000485 00000-0 80679-4 0 99922 63180 97.9549 12.6394 0011441 103.5454 256.7030 14.74373048 70978{
"OBJECT_NAME": "PUNCH-WFI 3 (SMEX 15D)",
"OBJECT_ID": "2025-047C",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-06T23:07:10.467+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 14.74373048,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0011441,
"INCLINATION": 97.9549,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 12.6394,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 103.5454,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 256.703,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 63180,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 7097,
"BSTAR": 0.000080679,
"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 3 (SMEX 15D) |
| 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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