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Bridgit Mendler’s Northwood makes ground station connection with Planet Labs in key test


Northwood Space, the startup founded by former Disney star Bridgit Mendler, nailed a key test last week when its ground station unit successfully

Northwood Space, the startup founded by former Disney star Bridgit Mendler, nailed a key test last week when its ground station unit successfully connected with orbiting Planet Labs satellites. Operating from Planet’s ground station in Maddock, North Dakota, the team successfully showed the startup’s novel phased-array antenna system can transmit data to and from satellites on orbit. El Segundo, California-based Northwood’s solution is to mass produce a digital phased-array system, which it calls a “Portal”, to enable “always-on satellite connectivity.”

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