MatSing unveils manufacturing process for large-format satellite lens antennas
MatSing
The new process lets MatSing produce Luneburg lens antennas at apertures and frequencies it says were previously lab-only.
what happened
MatSing detailed a proprietary manufacturing process for large-format Luneburg lens antennas, per Via Satellite. The company said its materials and production methods let it scale production of lenses exceeding 50 wavelengths in aperture while maintaining high-gain multibeam performance across apertures from 0.5 to 2.4 meters and frequencies from L- through Ka-band, addressing phase errors that previously grew with lens size. MatSing executive vice president Leo Matytsine said the breakthrough transforms the large-format lens "from a laboratory concept into a practical engineering platform." The lenses will feed MatSing's next-generation LensSAT satellite antenna line, aimed at multi-satellite gateway antennas, LEO/MEO/GEO ground terminals, satellite teleports, and other RF sensing and radar applications.
why it matters
A manufacturable large-aperture multibeam lens antenna is a ground-segment component multiple LEO and GEO operators need to track many satellites from a single antenna; if MatSing's process holds up in production, it lowers a cost and complexity barrier for gateway and teleport buildouts serving multi-orbit constellations.
for who
Ground-segment integrators and multi-orbit gateway operators
signal-to-noise
quick facts
- Companies
- MatSing
- Category
- product
- Impact
- noise
- SNR
- 4 / 5
- Event date
- 2026-08-06
- Published
- 2026-08-07 00:51 UTC