https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/technology\/2026\/05\/05\/swissto12-strikes-german-partnership-deal-for-d2d-geo-satellite\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SWISSto12\u00a0has partnered with German space subsystem providers HPS GmbH\u00a0and LSS GmbH\u00a0to develop a large deployable reflector subsystem for the NEASTAR-1 mission built on the HummingSat platform. The project aims to deliver what the\u00a0companies claim will be the world\u2019s first direct-to-device media broadcasting capability from a geostationary (GEO) satellite. The contract is co-funded by the European […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":46632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60,15365,15325],"tags":[],"algolia_discover_type":[],"class_list":["post-46631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-latest-ntn-news","category-networks"],"yoast_head":"\n
SWISSto12\u00a0partners with German HPS\/LSS\u00a0firms to advance D2D GEO satellite broadcasting - Networks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/swissto12-partners-with-german-hps-lss-firms-to-advance-d2d-geo-satellite-broadcasting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SWISSto12\u00a0partners with German HPS\/LSS\u00a0firms to advance D2D GEO satellite broadcasting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SWISSto12\u00a0has partnered with German space subsystem providers HPS GmbH\u00a0and LSS GmbH\u00a0to develop a large deployable reflector subsystem for the NEASTAR-1 mission built on the HummingSat platform. The project aims to deliver what the\u00a0companies claim will be the world\u2019s first direct-to-device media broadcasting capability from a geostationary (GEO) satellite. The contract is co-funded by the European […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/swissto12-partners-with-german-hps-lss-firms-to-advance-d2d-geo-satellite-broadcasting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Networks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gsma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-12T10:41:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-12T10:41:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SWISSto12-partners-with-HPS-GmbH-LSS-GmbH-D2D-GEO-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"inikolaou@gsma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@GSMA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@GSMA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"inikolaou@gsma.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SWISSto12\u00a0partners with German HPS\/LSS\u00a0firms to advance D2D GEO satellite broadcasting - Networks","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/swissto12-partners-with-german-hps-lss-firms-to-advance-d2d-geo-satellite-broadcasting\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"SWISSto12\u00a0partners with German HPS\/LSS\u00a0firms to advance D2D GEO satellite broadcasting","og_description":"SWISSto12\u00a0has partnered with German space subsystem providers HPS GmbH\u00a0and LSS GmbH\u00a0to develop a large deployable reflector subsystem for the NEASTAR-1 mission built on the HummingSat platform. The project aims to deliver what the\u00a0companies claim will be the world\u2019s first direct-to-device media broadcasting capability from a geostationary (GEO) satellite. The contract is co-funded by the European […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/swissto12-partners-with-german-hps-lss-firms-to-advance-d2d-geo-satellite-broadcasting\/","og_site_name":"Networks","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gsma\/","article_published_time":"2026-05-12T10:41:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-12T10:41:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SWISSto12-partners-with-HPS-GmbH-LSS-GmbH-D2D-GEO-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"inikolaou@gsma.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@GSMA","twitter_site":"@GSMA","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"inikolaou@gsma.com","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/swissto12-partners-with-german-hps-lss-firms-to-advance-d2d-geo-satellite-broadcasting\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/swissto12-partners-with-german-hps-lss-firms-to-advance-d2d-geo-satellite-broadcasting\/"},"author":{"name":"inikolaou@gsma.com","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/#\/schema\/person\/e838fba81201a0eea6d7db6032b0af05"},"headline":"SWISSto12\u00a0partners with German HPS\/LSS\u00a0firms to advance D2D GEO satellite broadcasting","datePublished":"2026-05-12T10:41:34+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-12T10:41:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/swissto12-partners-with-german-hps-lss-firms-to-advance-d2d-geo-satellite-broadcasting\/"},"wordCount":109,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/swissto12-partners-with-german-hps-lss-firms-to-advance-d2d-geo-satellite-broadcasting\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SWISSto12-partners-with-HPS-GmbH-LSS-GmbH-D2D-GEO-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["Latest News","Latest-NTN-news","Networks"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/swissto12-partners-with-german-hps-lss-firms-to-advance-d2d-geo-satellite-broadcasting\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/swissto12-partners-with-german-hps-lss-firms-to-advance-d2d-geo-satellite-broadcasting\/","name":"SWISSto12\u00a0partners with German HPS\/LSS\u00a0firms to advance D2D GEO satellite broadcasting - Networks","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/swissto12-partners-with-german-hps-lss-firms-to-advance-d2d-geo-satellite-broadcasting\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/swissto12-partners-with-german-hps-lss-firms-to-advance-d2d-geo-satellite-broadcasting\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SWISSto12-partners-with-HPS-GmbH-LSS-GmbH-D2D-GEO-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-05-12T10:41:34+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-12T10:41:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/swissto12-partners-with-german-hps-lss-firms-to-advance-d2d-geo-satellite-broadcasting\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/swissto12-partners-with-german-hps-lss-firms-to-advance-d2d-geo-satellite-broadcasting\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/swissto12-partners-with-german-hps-lss-firms-to-advance-d2d-geo-satellite-broadcasting\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SWISSto12-partners-with-HPS-GmbH-LSS-GmbH-D2D-GEO-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SWISSto12-partners-with-HPS-GmbH-LSS-GmbH-D2D-GEO-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707,"caption":"Distant view of space station receiving or transmitting data. Communication with planet Earth. Spherical wire model with Earth texture. Earth globe was created April 13 2020 in Blender 3D using NASA public domain maps and 4 layers: Bump, Ocean Mask, Albedo, and Clouds: https:\/\/visibleearth.nasa.gov\/images\/57730\/the-blue-marble-land-surface-ocean-color-and-sea-ice\/82679l"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/swissto12-partners-with-german-hps-lss-firms-to-advance-d2d-geo-satellite-broadcasting\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SWISSto12\u00a0partners with German HPS\/LSS\u00a0firms to advance D2D GEO satellite broadcasting"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/","name":"Networks","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/#organization","name":"GSMA","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GSMA-Logo-Red-RGB_square.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GSMA-Logo-Red-RGB_square.jpg","width":600,"height":600,"caption":"GSMA"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gsma\/","https:\/\/x.com\/GSMA","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gsmaonline\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/gsma","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GSMAOnline","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GSMA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/#\/schema\/person\/e838fba81201a0eea6d7db6032b0af05","name":"inikolaou@gsma.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63d69f1c6cf9000bd63154752d951673?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63d69f1c6cf9000bd63154752d951673?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"inikolaou@gsma.com"}}]}},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SWISSto12-partners-with-HPS-GmbH-LSS-GmbH-D2D-GEO-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46633,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46631\/revisions\/46633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46631"},{"taxonomy":"algolia_discover_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/algolia_discover_type?post=46631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}