Official name USA 333
Alternative name USA 333
Cospar ID 2022-073B
Norad ID 52941
Launch date 2022-07-01
Launch site AFETR
Launch vehicle Atlas-5(541)²
Country/Organization USA
Type application Technology
Operator Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC)
RCS size UNKNOWN
Decay date ON ORBIT
Shape Cyl + 1 Pan
Mass (kg) 500
Diameter (m) 1.6
Height (m) 0.6
Span (m^2) 3.6
Contractors Northrop Grumman
Propulsion ?
Configuration Eagle-Bus ESPA (ESPAStar)
Power solar arrays, batteries

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.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
USA 333 2022-073B 2022-07-01 AFETR Atlas-5(541)² with WFOV-T, USA 337