SWISSto12 is a manufacturer of advanced satellite Radio Frequency (RF) products, payloads, and systems, including the HummingSat, a small geostationary telecommunications satellite developed in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA). The company utilizes patented 3D-printing technologies to create lightweight, compact, and high-performance RF products, such as antennas, filters, and waveguides. SWISSto12 partners with major satellite operators, space agencies, and aerospace companies like Intelsat, Inmarsat, Thales, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and SES. The company's products are used in various space applications, including telecommunications, earth observation, and scientific missions.
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SWISSto12 expanded its HummingSat team significantly in the last year and is recruiting while expanding its facilities and network of industrial partners to support HummingSat development and commercial growth.
SWISSto12 has developed into a satellite prime contractor and established a European supply chain for HummingSat development.
Thales will supply the latest Beamforming Integrated Circuits (BFICs) for the planar beamformers used with SWISSto12’s 3D-printed antennas.
In January 2023, SWISSto12 and Thales signed a contract to develop solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs) for space applications and specifically for SWISSto12’s Hummingsat missions.
In January 2023, SWISSto12 and Thales signed a contract to develop solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs) for space applications including SWISSto12’s Hummingsat missions.
SWISSto12 selected the Keysight Payload Test System to validate the RF payloads of its first HummingSat geostationary satellite, Intelsat 45.
The Keysight Payload Test System provides SWISSto12 with an integrated set of instrumentation, signal conditioning, measurement calibration hardware, and control software to extensively test the HummingSat RF payload.
Intelsat 45 (IS-45) is the first HummingSat and is being developed under an ESA Partnership Project with SWISSto12.
The Keysight PTS provides SWISSto12 with an integrated set of instrumentation, signal conditioning, measurement calibration hardware, and control software to test the HummingSat RF payload.
SWISSto12 selected the Keysight Payload Test System (PTS) to validate the RF payloads of its first HummingSat geostationary satellite, Intelsat 45.
In May 2023 Swissto12 secured a deal to supply three HummingSats to Inmarsat, which was acquired by Viasat in 2023.
Swissto12’s HummingSat platform is approximately three to five times smaller and lower cost than conventional geostationary satellites while still designed to deliver geostationary communications services.
In 2022 Swissto12 secured a deal to supply a HummingSat satellite to Intelsat.
UBS Switzerland AG will provide Swissto12 with access to additional working capital to support delivery of the company’s first HummingSat.
Swissto12 has raised more than €50 million in venture capital from Swiss and European investors that have included Contantia New Business, Swisscom, Swisscanto, and Zürcher Kantonal.
Swissto12’s partnership project with the European Space Agency has secured more than €30 million of support to design the HummingSat platform.
HummingSat is a geostationary (GEO) smallsat platform developed by Swissto12.
Swissto12 secured a €26.15 million working capital facility from UBS Switzerland AG.
Swissto12 has more than 200,000,000 EUR in orders for HummingSats and its radio frequency product business combined.
SWISSto12 announced a deal in May 2023 to supply three HummingSats to Inmarsat, which was acquired by Viasat in 2023.