https://spacewatch.global/tag/swissto12/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 06 May 2026 07:21:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/swissto12/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/swissto12-partners-with-hps-lss-to-develop-antenna-reflector-for-a-commercial-geo-telecommunications-satellite/ Wed, 06 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73630 SWISSto12 has announced a major contract with German high-performance space subsystem providers HPS/LSS to enable the world’s first direct-to-device media broadcasting capabilities from geostationary orbit. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/03/swissto12-opens-additional-1000-m%c2%b2-satellite-assembly-and-integration-facility-in-switzerland/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72278 SWISSto12 has announced the inauguration of its largest ever cleanroom, a 1,000 m² purpose-built assembly facility for the industrial-scale production of its HummingSat satellite. The new 1,000 m² cleanroom facility complements SWISSto12’s existing 5,500m² development and production facility in Renens, marking a major expansion of its capabilities and establishing the first end-to-end, domestic manufacturing hub for satellites of this class.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/11/swissto12-advances-mission-control-center-capabilities-for-hummingsat-launches/ Fri, 07 Nov 2025 07:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68835 SWISSto12 has announced details of new capabilities regarding its Command-and-Control Center in Georgia, USA. The facility provides the technical infrastructure, software, and operational processes necessary for managing launch, orbit raising, and in-orbit testing for SWISSto12’s geostationary satellite, HummingSat, before customer handover. Going forward, the platform will form the operational backbone for HummingSat missions as they progress toward launch. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/09/delsontro-contracted-by-swissto12-for-test-process-optimization-of-its-hummingsat-program/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=67627 SWISSto12 has contracted DelSontro to support the optimization of the first integration and test process for their HummingSat program. This collaboration will lay the foundation for HummingSat’s communication module performance testing and will contribute to its ongoing success.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/03/swissto12-continues-expansion-with-additional-production-space/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 07:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54259 SWISSto12, a satellite and Radio Frequency product manufacturer, has announced its continued global expansion, securing additional production space at its headquarters in Switzerland, almost doubling the size of its existing site to 5,700m2. In addition, SWISSto12 has welcomed several new Satcom engineering experts to its growing team, which has increased by 25% since the start of 2024 to over 125 employees working across its facilities in Switzerland, Europe and the USA.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/11/swissto12-and-esa-to-develop-hummingsat-satellites/ Fri, 24 Nov 2023 07:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=52476 SWISSto12 and ESA are developing the HummingSat range of satellites under the ARTES Partnership Project. The program aims for SWISSto12 to capture a significant part of the expanding global market of small and flexible geostationary satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/inmarsat-selects-swissto12s-hummingsat-for-i-8-satellites/ Tue, 23 May 2023 06:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=48903 Inmarsat has announced that SWISSto12 will develop its new eighth-generation of spacecraft. The three I-8 satellites will provide additional network resilience, securing the future of Inmarsat’s global L-band safety services.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/12/swissto12-partners-with-esa-for-its-smallsat-prototype/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 07:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37604&preview=true&preview_id=37604 The Swiss space startup SWISSto12 partners with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a micro satellite prototype, the company said. The new satellite product line and its first protoflight model will be developed and built under a partnership project between ESA and SWISSto12, the enterprise based in Renens in Switzerland said. The first satellite is due for launch in 2025.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/06/swissto12-and-satixfy-advance-meo-geo-payloads/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 06:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=33936&preview=true&preview_id=33936 Swissto12 and SatixFy cooperate to develop and sell telecom payloads for satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) and Geostationary Orbit (GEO), the companies said. SatixFy contributes its software defined, high bandwidth product portfolio; Swissto12 contributes its active antenna technology that leverages 3D printing.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/3d-printing-space-satellite-hardware-very-high-throughput/ Fri, 02 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=26749&preview=true&preview_id=26749 SWISSto12 delivers batch of 3D printed hardware to Thales Alenia Space's Eutelsat KONNECT]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/spacewatchgl-esa-bic-3/ Sun, 24 Nov 2019 09:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17231 As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and investiere - Verve Capital Partners AG, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles. This is Part II of “The Race for a Place in Space” by Eugen Stamm, originally published on 11 November 2019 at www.investiere.ch. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/spacewatchgl-esa-bic/ Sat, 23 Nov 2019 09:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17064 As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and investiere - Verve Capital Partners AG, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles. This is Part I of “The Race for a Place in Space” by Eugen Stamm, originally published on 11 November 2019 at www.investiere.ch. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/08/swissto12-partners-with-tyvak-to-offer-mini-geo-telecom-satellite-missions/ Fri, 30 Aug 2019 05:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15819 SWISSto12, a provider of 3D-printed telecommunications equipment, and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc., a Terran Orbital Corporation, announced today a partnership to offer mini-GEO satellites.]]>