The latest news, blogs, and press from Northwood.
Jul 10, 2025Northwood’s Satellite Ground Terminal Is Ready To Talk
Northwood Space, the Torrance, CA-based satellite ground segment startup, announced yesterday that its production terminal—called Portal—passed its first operational tests ahead of deployment later this year.
Jul 9, 2025Northwood Space Tests Phased Array Ground System
Northwood announced Wednesday that its phased array antenna system called Portal has demonstrated delivering 1 kilowatt (1kW) of transmit power and receiving sub-picowatt signals within the same face.
Jul 9, 2025Northwood Space successfully tests second-generation phased array antenna
"This system will be the first building block in our network."
- Jun 11, 2025
Northwood Space Is on a Mission to Revolutionize the Ground Segment
The space industry has a ground bottleneck, and the problem is going to get worse.
May 15, 2025Northwood Space is Aiming to Build a Global Network
Bridgit Mendler, Northwood Co-Founder and CEO speaks with Romaine Bostick about their recent $30M funding round for creating infrastructure for the space era.
May 15, 2025How Northwood is revolutionizing the space industry
Bridgit Mendler is CEO and co-founder of Northwood Space, a tech startup looking to improve the way people communicate with satellites. NBC’s Gadi Schwartz reports for TODAY.
Apr 22, 2025Northwood Space Raises $30M Series A
Bridgit Mendler, CEO and co-founder of Northwood, discusses the startup's latest funding round and manufacturing in the US. Mendler joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Technology.
Oct 9, 2024Space startup Northwood passes first test, connecting prototype antenna to Planet satellites
Northwood Space passed its first major development test by connecting with Planet imagery satellites in orbit.
Oct 9, 2024Northwood makes ground station connection with Planet Labs in key test
Northwood Space, the startup founded by Bridgit Mendler, nailed a key test last week when its ground station unit successfully connected with orbiting Planet Labs satellites.
- Aug 15, 2024
Northwood CEO will talk about building the data highway between Earth and space at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
Bridgit Mendler announced that she was heading a new space data startup called Northwood Space.
Feb 21, 2024Meet Northwood Space, a Commercial Space Startup
Bridgit Mendler is launching a space startup with $6.3 million in funding from marquee VC firms.
Feb 20, 2024Satellite Ground Tech Startup Northwood has Launched from Stealth
MIT and Harvard graduate, Bridgit Mendler is now CEO of a new satellite ground tech startup Northwood.
- Feb 19, 2024
Northwood Space Aims to Revolutionize Earth-space Communication
Northwood Space is focused on on mass-producing ground stations, essential for connecting with satellites in orbit.
Feb 19, 2024Northwood Space is Launching to Rebuild the Ground Segment
Northwood Space is launching with $6.3 million in initial funding, backed by investors including Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz and Also Capital.
- Feb 19, 2024
Bridgit Mendler launches satellite data startup backed by major VCs
Northwood Space is backed by venture investors including Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, and Also Capital.