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PUNCH-NFI00
PUNCH-NFI00 is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the SMEX program.

Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
PUNCH-NFI00 is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the SMEX program. This reconstructed record groups 5 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2025-047; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 12 March 2025, 03:10:12 UTC
- Launch location
- South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (Sun-synchronous)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Current mission status
Current mission status
Now
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Hardware
Spacecraft
PUNCH-NFI00
GCAT program: SMEX.
- GCAT ID
- S63178
- Manufacturer
- SouthWest Research Institute
- Launch mass
- 64 kg
- Dimensions
- 1 m long · 0.5 m diameter · 1 m span
PUNCH-WFI01
GCAT program: SMEX.
- GCAT ID
- S63179
- Manufacturer
- SouthWest Research Institute
- Launch mass
- 64 kg
- Dimensions
- 1 m long · 0.5 m diameter · 1 m span
PUNCH-WFI03
GCAT program: SMEX.
- GCAT ID
- S63180
- Manufacturer
- SouthWest Research Institute
- Launch mass
- 64 kg
- Dimensions
- 1 m long · 0.5 m diameter · 1 m span
PUNCH-WFI02
GCAT program: SMEX.
- GCAT ID
- S63181
- Manufacturer
- SouthWest Research Institute
- Launch mass
- 64 kg
- Dimensions
- 1 m long · 0.5 m diameter · 1 m span
SPHEREx
GCAT program: MIDEX.
- GCAT ID
- S63182
- Manufacturer
- BAE Systems, Boulder
- Launch mass
- 502 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.6 m long · 3.2 m diameter · 3.2 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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