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Northwood Prism dish antenna on its mount inside the company's factory
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Prism

Northwood's standardized dish antenna built for moving large volumes of satellite data, made on a production line rather than one at a time.

Why it matters

Imaging and sensing satellites generate more data than the ground can take in. Cheap, fast-to-deploy high-throughput dishes ease that bottleneck.

How the technology works

Prism units use a standard form factor and can be combined at a site to reach the power needed for high-rate links. Northwood targets at least 10 Gbps per site by end of 2026.

Sources

  1. Northwood SpaceJun 22, 2026
  2. SoCalTechFeb 20, 2024
  3. Northwood SpaceApr 22, 2025
  4. Via SatelliteJan 27, 2026

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