ESA invests in SWISSto12

SWISSto12 Secures €73 Million in New ESA Funding for HummingSat Project

Credit: HummingSat SWISSto12 has announced that during the 2025 ESA Ministerial Council meeting, Member States committed €73 million in additional funding for the Renens-based satellite manufacturer’s HummingSat project. In early 2022, ESA and SWISSto12 signed a contract to begin work on the HummingSat Partnership Project with the aim of developing a micro-geostationary satellite. Part of the agency’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Syst…

ESA invests in SWISSto12

SWISSto12, the aerospace company and manufacturer of advanced satellite systems and radio frequency (RF) products, has announced securing €73 million in financial support from ESA member states through the HummingSat ARTES partnership project. SWISSto12 says the funding will accelerate its development and industrialisation of HummingSat, as well as scaling up its manufacturing capacity and accelerating […]