Swissto12 to build small optical relay GEO satellite for Space Compass

Published on March 23, 2026

Swissto12, the Switzerland-based small geostationary satellite specialist, has signed a contract to build the first optical relay spacecraft using its washing machine-sized HummingSat platform.

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