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USSF-12 Ring
USSF-12 Ring (?) [Northrop Grumman]
The USSF-12 Ring testbed is a classified mission to demonstrate future technology for the Department of Defense’s Space Test Program.
It is a propulsive ESPA ring using a Northrop Grumman ESPA Star bus, hosting multiple payloads, some of the possibly deployable.
The satellite will be launched together with WFOV-T on the USSF-12 (formerly known as AFSPC-12) mission.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) |
| Contractors: | Northrop Grumman |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | Eagle-Bus ESPA (ESPAStar) |
| Propulsion: | ? |
| Power: | solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USSF-12 Ring (USA 333) | 2022-073B | 01.07.2022 | CC SLC-41 | Atlas-5(541)² | with WFOV-T, USA 337 |
References:
- USSF: Space Systems Command plans summer launch for USSF-12, 3 June 2022
Further STP missions:
