Northwood Space has introduced Prism, a new parabolic antenna system designed to support high-volume satellite communications and growing demand for data-intensive space applications.<\/p>\n
The company said the 2.4-meter antenna is engineered to deliver high-throughput, bidirectional connectivity across multiple orbital regimes and is intended for use cases including enterprise backhaul, direct-to-cellular services, and space-based computing networks.<\/p>\n
Prism operates across S-band, X-band, and Ka-band frequencies, with Northwood indicating plans to expand support to additional frequency bands in the future.<\/p>\n
According to the company, the antenna is designed to provide reliable connectivity for applications requiring large data transfers, low latency, and continuous network performance.<\/p>\n
The new system builds on technologies previously developed for Northwood\u2019s Portal modular phased-array ground station platform.<\/p>\n
Northwood said the Prism antenna was developed from initial design through deployment in approximately six months.<\/p>\n
The company also highlighted efforts to simplify deployment compared with traditional parabolic antenna infrastructure.<\/p>\n
According to Northwood, a recent deployment was transported using standard commercial freight services and was operational within hours of arrival, enabling satellite tracking and communications shortly after installation.<\/p>\n
Founded in 2024, Northwood Space is focused on developing next-generation ground segment infrastructure for satellite operators.<\/p>\n
The company said it has deployed 14 antennas across five sites on two continents and is currently expanding its footprint with 13 additional sites under development across eight countries.<\/p>\n
Northwood is building its network to accommodate increasing demand for satellite communications capacity as more commercial and government services rely on space-based infrastructure.<\/p>\n
The company said it is targeting more than 22 terabits per second of aggregate network throughput capacity by 2028.<\/p>\n
As satellite constellations continue to expand and new applications such as direct-to-device communications, Earth observation, and orbital computing emerge, ground infrastructure providers are investing in technologies designed to improve network performance and scalability.<\/p>\n
Prism represents Northwood\u2019s latest effort to address these requirements through a combination of high-capacity communications, streamlined deployment, and support for multiple satellite architectures.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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