PUNCH-NFI (SMEX 15A)

NORAD 63178· COSPAR 2025-047A· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Mar 12, 2025 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SPHEREx & PUNCH →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:02 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Mar 12, 2025

Mass

—

Apogee

657 km

Perigee

643 km

Inclination

97.96°

Period

1.63 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for PUNCH-NFI (SMEX 15A) across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.0 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

643 × 657 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

4 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2025-047 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | SPHEREx & PUNCH).

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