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Emile de Rijk, CEO of SWISSto12, will speak at Satellite 2024 on 19 March 2024 on the topic "Assuring Quality-of-Service at Sea: Maritime Satellite Connectivity".
SWISSto12 will exhibit at Satellite 2024 in Washington, DC from 18 to 21 March 2024 at Booth #1408.
Peter Bach Andersen joined SWISSto12 in November 2023 as Principal SatCom Systems Engineer working with colleagues based in Denmark.
HummingSat is a geostationary telecommunications satellite developed by SWISSto12 in collaboration with the European Space Agency through a public–private partnership program.
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 secured over €200 million in customer orders in 2023-10-01 for Radio Frequency subsystems and HummingSat satellites, including orders from Inmarsat (Viasat) and Intelsat.
SWISSto12 increased its headcount by 25% since the start of 2024 to over 125 employees across facilities in Switzerland, Europe, and the USA.
SWISSto12 signed a contract in 2023 to supply Inmarsat (Viasat) with three HummingSat satellites.
SWISSto12 spun off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 2011.
SWISSto12 secured a €26.15 million working capital financing facility from UBS Switzerland in September 2023.
SWISSto12 signed a contract in May 2023 to supply three HummingSat satellites to Inmarsat to support safety communications and accurate navigation services globally.
SWISSto12 and the European Space Agency signed a contract in November 2023 for the full development and qualification of HummingSat.
SWISSto12 opened 2,000 square meters of additional factory space and facilities including a large clean room.
The European Space Agency is collaborating with SWISSto12, which is leading a European consortium for the HummingSat project.
HummingSat is a range of satellites developed under an ARTES Partnership Project between the European Space Agency and SWISSto12.
SWISSto12 has expanded its HummingSat team significantly within the last year and is recruiting and expanding its facilities and network of industrial partners to support HummingSat development and commercial growth.
The HummingSat program aims for SWISSto12 to capture a significant part of the expanding global market for small and flexible geostationary satellites.
The HummingSat program aims for SWISSto12 to capture a significant part of the expanding global market for small and flexible geostationary satellites.
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.