{"id":54451,"date":"2022-11-08T00:29:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/intelsat-signs-with-swissto12-for-is-45-based-on-the-smaller-hummingsat-product-line\/"},"modified":"2022-11-08T00:29:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:29:51","slug":"intelsat-signs-with-swissto12-for-is-45-based-on-the-smaller-hummingsat-product-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/intelsat-signs-with-swissto12-for-is-45-based-on-the-smaller-hummingsat-product-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelsat Signs With Swissto12 for IS-45, Based on the Smaller HummingSat Product Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><b>Intelsat <\/b>has ordered Intelsat-45 from <b>Swissto12<\/b>, based on the HummingSat product line, which is smaller than typical satellites in Geostationary Orbit (GEO).&nbsp; This deal makes Intelsat the first commercial customer for the HummingSat for the Swiss startup.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The satellite is scheduled for launch in 2025 and will provide Ku-band fixed-satellite services for media and network customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe small size addresses a gap in our fleet strategy, enabling us to be increasingly more targeted to meet specific customer requirements,\u201d commented Jean-Luc Froeliger, senior vice president of Space Systems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The HummingSat line, named after the Hummingbird, is three to ten times smaller than typical GEO satellites, and is designed to launch as a rideshare mission. It has approximately 2 kW of power, and has 3D printed radio frequency products and systems. The product line has been developed under a partnership project between Swissto12 and the European Space Agency, and recently passed its ESA system requirements review.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unprecedented for a specialist high growth scale up to secure a contract of this depth with a leading telecommunications operator. It provides a solid start to our HummingSat product line to open a new chapter in the satellite communications industry,\u201d commented Swissto12 CEO Emile de Rijk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intelsat has ordered Intelsat-45 from Swissto12, based on the HummingSat product line, which is smaller than typical satellites in Geostationary Orbit (GEO).&nbsp; This deal makes Intelsat the first commercial customer for the HummingSat for the Swiss startup.&nbsp; The satellite is scheduled for launch in 2025 and will provide Ku-band fixed-satellite services for media and network [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50538,"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":[],"class_list":["post-54451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54451"}],"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=54451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}