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PUNCH

NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission is a constellation of four small satellites that make global, three-dimensional observations of the Sun’s corona and solar wind.

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Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and HeliospherePUNCH Mission
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PUNCH
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Description
NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission is a constellation of four small satellites that make global, three-dimensional observations of the Sun’s corona and solar wind.
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Sun
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Outcome
All four PUNCH spacecraft deployed successfully on March 12, 2025 and began a planned two-year heliophysics mission studying the corona and solar wind.
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Start Date
2025-03-12
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Creation Time
August 13, 2026 at 16:30:57 UTC
Updated Time
August 13, 2026 at 16:30:57 UTC

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