# This Washing-Machine-Sized Satellite Breaks Government's GEO Optical Monopoly - Date: 2026-03-23 - Category: Space & Aerospace Swissto12's HummingSat platform is about to do something that has only been done by governments before: optical data relay from a commercial smallsat in geostationary orbit. The Switzerland-based company announced March 23 that it has signed a contract with Space Compass — the Japanese joint ven... ---