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 is shifting satellite communications industry approaches from large, purpose-built satellites toward smaller, software-defined, reconfigurable-payload, multi-orbit systems.
SWISSto12 plans an inaugural launch for the HummingSat small GEO satellite platform in 2027.
SWISSto12 has plans to roll out ground user terminals at scale for commercial and government customers globally.
SWISSto12 argues that it can provide lower-cost access to GEO as the need for sovereign satcom infrastructure increases.
SWISSto12 will expand its facilities and automate engineering and manufacturing with the new funding.
SWISSto12 aims to grow its production rate to 10 HummingSats annually by 2030.
SWISSto12 aims to standardize the HummingSat platform and grow its team.
SWISSto12 claims to have the world’s largest backlog for small GEO satellites.
The new capital, combined with private investments, gives SWISSto12 over €100M to complete the development of its HummingSat small GEO satellite platform.
SWISSto12 is building five HummingSats ordered by SES/Intelsat, Viasat/Inmarsat, and Astrum Mobile, with launches expected in 2027 and 2028.
SWISSto12 plans to use the funds to increase its production capacity.
The funding also supports the development of SWISSto12's phased-array antenna technology.
SWISSto12 closed €73M in non-dilutive funding from ESA under the ARTES program.
The ESA and member-state funding will allow Swissto12 to further develop phased-array antenna technologies for onboard satellite payloads and ground products such as user terminals.
ESA and SWISSto12 signed a contract in early 2022 to begin work on the HummingSat Partnership Project.
Swissto12 is building three HummingSat satellites for Viasat.
SWISSto12 will use the new ESA Member State funding to accelerate development and industrialisation of HummingSat and to scale up HummingSat manufacturing capacity.
Intelsat became the first HummingSat customer when it signed an agreement with SWISSto12 in November 2022.
Member States committed €30 million in initial funding for SWISSto12’s HummingSat project at the 2022 ESA Ministerial Council meeting in Paris.
HummingSat is being developed by Swissto12 in partnership with the European Space Agency.