Technology

Secure by design, from chip to orbit.

WISeSat combines its own satellites, its own ground network and post-quantum security from SEALSQ into one end-to-end system. Here is how it works.

WISeSat CubeSat with deployed solar panels
WISeSat CubeSat · deployed configuration
Sun-synchronousOrbit type
550–560 kmAltitude
≈ 97.4°Inclination
≈ 95 minOrbital period
Post-quantumEncryption
01 · Data path

One message, five hops, no third party.

Follow a message from the device to your platform. Every link is protected by post-quantum encryption.

01

End device

Your sensor, tracker or handset transmits directly to the satellite. Keys stay in a SEALSQ secure element.

Hardware root of trust
02

WISeSat satellite

Receives the message in low Earth orbit, processes it and relays it to the ground.

Sun-synchronous orbit
03

Ground station

Lausanne or La Línea collects the data and sends commands back to the fleet.

2 stations in Europe
04

Mission control

Our Swiss operations center authenticates each message and checks its integrity.

Operated in Switzerland
05

Your platform

Data reaches your systems through a secure API, ready to use.

API delivery
Engineer assembling a WISeSat satellite in the clean room
02 · Space segment

Small satellites, built for secure links.

Our CubeSats fly in a sun-synchronous orbit, passing over the same regions at the same local time every day. Each one carries post-quantum security on board.

Platform
1U and 3U CubeSats
Orbit
Sun-synchronous, 550–560 km
Inclination
≈ 97.4°
Orbital period
≈ 95 minutes
Launch
SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare
On-board security
Post-quantum cryptography
SEALSQ Quantum Shield QS7001 post-quantum secure chipQuantum Shield QS7001 · Image: SEALSQ
03 · Security architecture

Post-quantum security, layer by layer.

01

Hardware root of trust

Keys live in a SEALSQ secure element, out of reach of software attacks.

02

Post-quantum cryptography

Algorithms designed to resist attacks from future quantum computers.

03

Identity and PKI

Every device, satellite and station has a verifiable digital identity.

04

Continuous integrity

Any tampering along the path is detected and flagged.

Secured bySEALSQNASDAQ: LAES

Post-quantum cryptography embedded at chip level, in every device and satellite.

WISeSat ground station antenna at sunset in La Línea, Spain
04 · Ground segment

Two ground stations in Europe, and more to come.

Our stations in Lausanne and La Línea track every pass, receive the data and command the fleet.

Discover our ground infrastructure
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Connect to a network you can trust.

Governments, operators and integrators: tell us about your mission and we'll show you what direct-to-device from orbit can do.