Three of the four PUNCH spacecraft will include SwRI-developed Wide Field Imagers (pictured) optimized to image the solar wind. Credit: Southwest Research InstituteOn November 17, 2023, the Polarimeter to UNify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission achieved an important milestone, passing its internal system integration review and clearing the mission to start integrating its four observatories. PUNCH is a constellation of four small suitcase-sized satellites scheduled to launch in 2025 into a polar orbit formation. The Polarimeter to UNify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission achieved an important milestone, passing its internal system integration review, clearing spacecraft integration to begin in SwRI's new Spacecraft and Payload Processing Facility. In addition to leading the PUNCH science mission, SwRI will operate the four spacecraft.

Source: Punch November 27, 2023 19:02 UTC