NSLComm

aka BeetleSat

Israeli space-tech company developing fabric-like expandable shape-memory dish antennas that fold for launch and expand in orbit, enabling high-throughput communications from small satellites; building the BeetleSat Ka-band LEO constellation.

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Launches

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Payloads in Orbit

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Active Sats (reported)

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Funding Raised

Products & Services

Expandable deployable Ka-band antenna

operational

satellite antenna

Shape-memory expandable antenna; a 60 cm antenna was deployed from a 6U CubeSat in 2024.

Since 2024

NSLSat-1

operational

nanosatellite

First nanosatellite with an expandable antenna, launched July 2019.

Since 2019

BeetleSat LEO constellation

planned

satellite constellation

Ka-band LEO broadband constellation of roughly 240 satellites; service targeted for 2026.

Key Challenges

Capital intensity of deploying a large LEO constellationTechnical maturation of in-orbit deployable antennasCompetition in LEO broadband

Roadmap

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In-orbit deployment of 60 cm expandable antenna from a 6U CubeSat2024

completed

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Commence BeetleSat constellation service2026

planned

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