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Swissto12 forecasts $200 million in revenue for 2026, up from $140 million in 2025.
Swissto12 had 7 HummingSats in manufacture, including 2 unannounced units.
Swissto12 has achieved 110% CAGR growth over the last 3 years.
Swissto12 has core facilities in Switzerland, Spain, and Silicon Valley.
Swissto12 uses 3D printing technologies at the core of its systems.
Swissto12 supports missions covering commercial communications, maritime safety, navigation, space-based optical relay, direct-to-device communications, and sovereign secure communications.
Swissto12 operates the Hummingsat program.
Emile de Rijk is the CEO of Swissto12.
The On Orbit podcast episode features Swissto12 and is brought to listeners by Swissto12 as a sponsor.
Emile de Rijk, CEO and Founder of SWISSto12, won Via Satellite’s Executive of the Year award in 2025.
SWISSto12 was the first company to apply to Startup Space and later became a fast-growing aerospace firm producing small, low-cost GEO satellites and 3D-printed antennas.
Rita Chen is Deputy Program Manager at Swissto12 and supported the Inmarsat‑8 satellite program.
SWISSto12 is supplying three HummingSat satellites to Viasat under a contract announced in May 2023 that designs the HummingSats for 15-year missions in GEO orbit.
SES has a HummingSat order with SWISSto12 for four satellites with the first of that new fleet scheduled to launch in 2027.
Viasat, including assets inherited from its acquisition of Inmarsat, has plans for three HummingSat satellites supplied by SWISSto12.
Inmarsat-8 is partnered with Swissto12 and has an anticipated service entry in 2028.
SWISSto12 will use ESA funding to expand its production capacity and accelerate introduction of new payload and platform innovations for government and commercial operators.
Emile de Rijk is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of SWISSto12.
SWISSto12 positions HummingSat as a response to a satellite communications market shifting from large bespoke spacecraft toward smaller, faster, and lower-cost assets that exploit software-defined and reconfigurable payload architectures.
SWISSto12 intends the phased array antennas to enable links to and from both geostationary and non-geostationary orbits.