{"id":2688,"date":"2025-10-01T09:04:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T09:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/beyond-gravity-contracted-to-deliver-thruster-pointing-mechanisms-from-swissto12\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T09:04:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T09:04:50","slug":"beyond-gravity-contracted-to-deliver-thruster-pointing-mechanisms-from-swissto12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/beyond-gravity-contracted-to-deliver-thruster-pointing-mechanisms-from-swissto12\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Gravity Contracted to Deliver Thruster Pointing Mechanisms from SWISSto12"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The international space supplier Beyond Gravity<\/strong> secured a major contract to deliver thruster pointing mechanisms in the form of a robotic arm for a new fleet of small geostationary (GEO) telecommunications satellites of SWISSto12 called HummingSat.<\/p>\n

The international space supplier Beyond Gravity will develop and build electric propulsion pointing mechanisms for five  HummingSat satellites. The small geostationary HummingSat telecommunications satellites will use Beyond Gravity\u2019s pointing mechanisms in the form of a multi-axis robotic arm to control the satellites\u2019 electric thrusters to keep them exactly on track 35,786 kilometers above Earth.<\/p>\n

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Also Read: SWISSto12: Pioneering the Future of Space Communications with Advanced Innovation<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWith this thruster pointing mechanism, we are setting a new industry standard. We have developed a product that clearly stands out from the competition thanks to its high flexibility based on modular elements, as well as its scalability, and series production based on our industrial processes,\u201d says <\/strong>Oliver Grassmann<\/strong>, Executive Vice President Satellites at Beyond Gravity, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland<\/strong>. The pointing mechanisms are being developed and built at the company\u2019s site in Vienna, Austria, with deliveries between 2026 and 2027.<\/p>\n

New robotic arm is based on APPMAX family of pointing mechanisms<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Beyond Gravity multi-axis mechanism for HummingSat satellites is based on the company\u2019s proven product family of APPMAX pointing mechanisms. <\/strong>Wolfgang Pawlinetz<\/strong>, Vice President Thermal & Mechanisms at Beyond Gravity<\/strong>: \u201cOur thruster pointing mechanism gives satellites the ability to maneuver and hold their position exactly where they need to be, saving fuel and time, while maximizing performance.\u201d After launch and deployment into space, satellites still face the critical challenge of reaching their final orbit. \u201cThat\u2019s where our technology comes in. It allows orbit raising to be carried out in the most efficient way possible.\u201d With orders for more than 100 electric thruster pointing mechanisms, Beyond Gravity is one of the world\u2019s leading suppliers in this field. Pawlinetz: \u201cWe have a long track record of successful deliveries, extensive flight heritage, and we have the industrial capacity for a high cadence production.\u201d<\/p>\n

Solar array drive mechanisms for SWISSto12<\/strong><\/p>\n

For its customer, SWISSto12, Beyond Gravity also provides solar array drive mechanisms from its Zurich site with sliprings from its Nyon site. The company\u2019s solar array drive mechanisms precisely orient solar arrays towards the sun, making sure the spacecraft receives sufficient solar energy for its operations. A slip ring is an electromechanical device that enables the transmission of power and electrical signals from a stationary to a rotating structure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The international space supplier Beyond Gravity secured a major contract to deliver thruster pointing mechanisms in the form of a robotic arm for a new fleet of small geostationary (GEO) telecommunications satellites of SWISSto12 called HummingSat. The international space supplier Beyond Gravity will develop and build electric propulsion pointing mechanisms for five  HummingSat satellites. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,25,105,36],"class_list":["post-2688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-solar-array-drive-mechanisms","tag-thrusters"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}