PUNCH-WFI 2 (SMEX 15C) is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by SouthWest Research Institute / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, launched 2025.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 97.9570° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0010630 |
| Period | 97.7 min |
| Apogee | 655 km |
| Perigee | 640 km |
| Mean motion | 14.74373121 rev/day |
| RAAN | 12.2016° |
| Arg of perigee | 116.8460° |
| Mean anomaly | 243.3837° |
| B* | 9.7409e-5 |
| Rev at epoch | 7,089 |
1 63181U 25047D 26187.44330715 .00000596 00000-0 97409-4 0 99912 63181 97.9570 12.2016 0010630 116.8460 243.3837 14.74373121 70893{
"OBJECT_NAME": "PUNCH-WFI 2 (SMEX 15C)",
"OBJECT_ID": "2025-047D",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-06T10:38:21.738+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 14.74373121,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.00106299,
"INCLINATION": 97.957,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 12.2016,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 116.846,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 243.3837,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 63181,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 7089,
"BSTAR": 0.00009740883,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00000596,
"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 2 (SMEX 15C) |
| Operator | SouthWest Research Institute / NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree |
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| Launch date | |
| 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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