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SWISSto12 will use ESA funding to expand its production capacity and accelerate introduction of new payload and platform innovations for government and commercial operators.
SWISSto12 expects demand for HummingSat to rise as operators seek multi-orbit capabilities and more flexible transponder capacity for data-intensive applications.
SWISSto12 intends the phased array antennas to enable links to and from both geostationary and non-geostationary orbits.
SWISSto12's RF products aim to deliver lighter, more compact, and higher-performance RF functionality for satellite missions.
SWISSto12 develops advanced radio-frequency components, payloads and systems using proprietary 3D printing technologies and associated RF design techniques.
The European Space Agency invested in SWISSto12 to accelerate maturation of the HummingSat product line and the manufacturing ramp-up for that product line.
The funding will accelerate SWISSto12’s development and industrialization of the HummingSat platform.
SWISSto12 is developing the HummingSat platform in partnership with ESA with a first launch scheduled for 2027.
The investment will enable SWISSto12 to further develop phased-array antenna technologies for use onboard LEO, MEO, and GEO satellite payloads and for ground products such as user terminals.
Several ESA member states invested approximately €73 million ($84.8 million) in financial support to SWISSto12 through the HummingSat ARTES partnership project.
The funding will scale up SWISSto12’s manufacturing capacity and accelerate new product innovations.
SWISSto12’s suite of agile, cost-effective satellite communications solutions is intended to enable sovereign communications capabilities for governments and commercial customers.
SWISSto12 is shifting satellite communications industry approaches from large, purpose-built satellites toward smaller, software-defined, reconfigurable-payload, multi-orbit systems.
SWISSto12 is building five HummingSats ordered by SES/Intelsat, Viasat/Inmarsat, and Astrum Mobile, with launches expected in 2027 and 2028.
The new capital, combined with private investments, gives SWISSto12 over €100M to complete the development of its HummingSat small GEO satellite platform.
SWISSto12 plans to use the funds to increase its production capacity.
SWISSto12 aims to grow its production rate to 10 HummingSats annually by 2030.
SWISSto12 will expand its facilities and automate engineering and manufacturing with the new funding.
SWISSto12 claims to have the world’s largest backlog for small GEO satellites.
The funding also supports the development of SWISSto12's phased-array antenna technology.