NSLSat Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Satellite	NSLSat
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	6U
Organization	BeetleSat (NSLComm)
Institution	Company
Entity type	Commercial
Nation (HQ)	Israel
Nation (AIT)	UK
Manufacturer	AIVT by AAC Clyde Space
Operator	AAC Clyde Space
Launch brokerer	Space BD, ISILaunch
Costs	$1.5 million for the &U satellite, launch and operations plus a ground segment software solution.
Oneliner	Demonstrator for SkyFi constellation. Test the deployable antenna and high power payload of 1 Gbps downlink.
Results	In February 2023, BeetleSat has announced the successful deployment of its lightweight, very-high data rate, expandable antenna in space. The in-orbit deployment of BeetleSat’s 60 cm expandable antenna from a 6U CubeSat is a significant milestone in the development of the BeetleSat constellation and proves the viability of its proprietary technology. Two way communications and files transfer already performed successfully with the Antenna and SDR Payload.
Sources	[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Photo sources	[1]
COTS subsystems	OBSW - Bright Ascension MCS - Bright Ascension PLATFORM - Clyde Space OBC - Clyde Space with GPS ADCS - Clyde Space ADM - Clyde Space Deployable Turnstile Antenna BATTERY - Clyde Space EPS - Clyde Space SOLAR PANELS - Clyde Space STRUCTURE - Clyde Space RWS - Clyde Space TRANSCEIVER - CPUT VUTRX SUN SENSOR - Solar MEMS NanoSSOC-D60
Keywords	Deployable parabolic antenna
Space photos	[1]

Related Spacecraft

Satellite	Status	Rocket	Launch date	Orbit
NSLSat 1 (NSL-1, NSL 1)	Reentry 2024-08-05. Was operational (Press release and personal contacts at AAC Clyde)	Sojuz	2019-07-05	530 km, 97.5 deg
NSLSat 2 (BeetleSat-1, NSLSAT-2, NSL-2, NSL 2)	Reentry 2024-07-11. Was operational (Confirmation on Twitter on 2023-01-09 and press release about antenna deployment on 2023-02-24 as of 2023-04-15. SmallSat 2023 presentation.)	Falcon 9, (Transporter-6)	2023-01-03	515 km, 97.5 deg

Last modified: 2024-09-29