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 spun off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 2011.
SWISSto12 spun off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 2011 and is privately owned and backed by Swiss and European investors.
SWISSto12’s proprietary Radio Frequency Additive Manufacturing (RFAM) processes allow design optimization to minimize size and weight while meeting the RF performance and qualification requirements established for Northrop Grumman’s GEOStar-3 program.
SWISSto12 supplied three fully integrated Radio Frequency Antenna Feed Chains to Northrop Grumman Corporation for one of Northrop Grumman’s GEOStar-3 commercial satellite programs.
SWISSto12 completed Northrop Grumman’s qualification program for the RF Antenna Feed Chains in January 2024.
SWISSto12 manufactures the HummingSat geostationary telecommunications satellite developed in collaboration with the European Space Agency through its public–private partnership program.
St12 RF Solutions, the U.S. entity of SWISSto12, developed, qualified, and delivered three fully-integrated RF Antenna Feed Chains in various bands for a Northrop Grumman commercial GEOStar-3 satellite program.
SWISSto12’s Radio Frequency Additive Manufacturing (RFAM) processes allow design optimization to minimize size and weight while meeting the RF performance and qualification requirements established for the Northrop Grumman GEOStar-3 program.
HummingSat is a geostationary telecommunications satellite developed by SWISSto12 in collaboration with the European Space Agency through a public-private-partnership program.
SWISSto12 has developed advanced Additive Manufacturing technology for RF applications since 2011.
St12 RF Solutions Inc. is the US business entity of SWISSto12 that led the SatComm contract with Northrop Grumman.
St12 RF Solutions’ Radio Frequency Additive Manufacturing and SWISSto12’s HummingSat geostationary smallsat business lines have delivered over $200,000,000 in customer orders to date.
Astranis spacecraft are scaled to provide targeted broadband services over smaller areas such as individual countries, similar to Switzerland’s Swissto12 small geostationary satellites.
SWISSto12 secured over €200 million in customer orders in 2023-10-01 for Radio Frequency subsystems and HummingSat satellites.
Peter Bach Andersen started working with SWISSto12 in November 2023 as Principal SatCom Systems Engineer.
Swissto12 recently added several satellite engineering experts to a team that has grown 25% since the start of the year to 125 employees across facilities in Switzerland, Europe, and the United States.
Swissto12 anticipates there will be well more than 10 HummingSats in geostationary orbit by 2030.
Swissto12 is expanding production facilities in Switzerland in 2025.
SWISSto12’s team increased by 25% since the start of 2024 to over 125 employees working across its facilities in Switzerland, Europe, and the USA.
The additional Swissto12 production capacity will support existing satellite and radio frequency subsystem contracts worth more than $200,000,000.