WISeKey announced its
IoT Picosatellites
WISeSat-1
and
WISeSat-2
are tested and ready
to launch
onboard of SpaceX Falcon
9 in January 2022
WISeKey will offer global secure IoT connectivity
to its customers thanks to the launch of the first picosatellites
of its constellation, WISeSat-1 and WISeSat-2
These satellites, with a mass less than 1 kg,
have successfully passed all testing campaigns and will be launched
early next year as part of the SpaceX Transporter 3 Rideshare
mission riding aboard of a Falcon 9 vehicle
Geneva, Switzerland - November
12, 2021: WISeKey
International Holding Ltd (“WISeKey “) (SIX:
WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY), a leading global cybersecurity, AI,
Blockchain and IoT company, today announced that it will start
offering low-power secured IoT connectivity to companies and
institutions through a constellation of picosatellites, designed
and developed in partnership with FOSSA Systems, a leading
aerospace company focused on developing picosatellites for IoT
communications. This constellation deployment will commence in
early 2022 with the launch of WISeSat-1 and WISeSat-2, the first of
many satellites WISeKey plans to deploy in the following years in
collaboration with FOSSA Systems.
The two picosatellites have successfully passed
all Environmental Testing Campaigns and are soon to be on their way
to Cape Canaveral (Florida, USA), where they will be launched with
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 vehicle.
The WISeSat constellation collects and sends
data from terrestrial sensors, increasing knowledge of the status
of assets and offering essential information to improve processes
and optimize production. These include predicting maintenance of
equipment and machinery, creating smart homes with connected
appliances, or improving critical communication between devices
such as autonomous vehicles.
These communications between sensors, gateways,
ground stations and satellites require trust. That is why, WISeSat
uses VaultIC®, a complete cryptographic solution that uses
algorithms ensuring all Certificate-based Authentication (PKI),
Authorization, Encryption, and Integrity requirements.
“WISeKey intends to offer this technology to its
IoT clients in a SaaS model. This technology would allow both
remote and redundant urban IoT communications for companies seeking
to securely connect their assets and at the same time have the
ability of covering large and unserved geographic areas such as
maritime, deserts, mountains, at affordable prices,” said Carlos
Moreira, CEO of WISeKey.
WISeKey and FOSSA Systems are also working in
the development of secured nodes and gateways with VaultIC®
microcontrollers, creating a full ecosystem of secure devices able
to communicate with WISeSat using standardized communication
modules.
About WISeKeyWISeKey (NASDAQ:
WKEY; SIX Swiss Exchange: WIHN) is a leading global cybersecurity
company currently deploying large scale digital identity ecosystems
for people and objects using Blockchain, AI and IoT respecting the
Human as the Fulcrum of the Internet. WISeKey microprocessors
secure the pervasive computing shaping today’s Internet of
Everything. WISeKey IoT has an install base of over 1.6 billion
microchips in virtually all IoT sectors (connected cars, smart
cities, drones, agricultural sensors, anti-counterfeiting, smart
lighting, servers, computers, mobile phones, crypto tokens...).
WISeKey is uniquely positioned to be at the edge of IoT as our
semiconductors produce a huge amount of Big Data that, when
analyzed with Artificial Intelligence (AI), can help industrial
applications to predict the failure of their equipment before it
happens.
Our technology is Trusted by the OISTE/WISeKey’s
Swiss based cryptographic Root of Trust (“RoT”) provides secure
authentication and identification, in both physical and virtual
environments, for the Internet of Things, Blockchain and Artificial
Intelligence. The WISeKey RoT serves as a common trust anchor to
ensure the integrity of online transactions among objects and
between objects and people. For more information, visit
www.wisekey.com.
Press and investor contact:
WISeKey International Holding LtdCompany
Contact: Carlos MoreiraChairman & CEOTel: +41 22 594
3000info@wisekey.com
WISeKey Investor Relations (US)Contact: Lena
CatiThe Equity Group Inc.Tel: +1 212 836-9611lcati@equityny.com
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and other factors, which could cause the actual results, financial
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Holding Ltd to be materially different from any future results,
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Nothing contained herein is or shall be relied on as, a promise or
representation as to the future performance of WISeKey.
About FOSSA
Systems:
FOSSA Systems is a leading aerospace company that provides
dedicated and secure IoT communications to companies and Defense
networks, with assets in remote areas, through satellite platforms.
Founded in 2020 by Julián Fernández, CEO, and Vicente González,
CTO, with the aim of democratizing access to space, it combines
technological miniaturization with mass production techniques,
reducing the development cost of its platforms and, consequently,
the cost of its connectivity.
In its objective of offering IoT communications globally, even
in remote areas or with low or no mobile coverage at all, FOSSA
Systems provides competitive connectivity solutions to companies in
sectors such as agriculture, industrial, energy, infrastructure,
communications or Defense and cybersecurity. This IoT connectivity
allows monitor assets and control processes, enabling to make the
best decisions to optimize results. For more information, visit
www.fossa.systems
Press and investor contacts:FOSSA Systems,
S.L.Company Contact: Elena Vélaz de Medrano SerranoMarketing &
Sales ManagerTel: +34 648 606 989contact@fossa.systems
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