The space economy’s next frontier is in ground infrastructure, Northwood Space CEO says
- Jun 12
- 1 min read
FORTUNE — Mendler emphasized how massive leaps in launch capacity and spacecraft manufacturing are supercharging the space economy. Satellites have evolved from isolated scientific missions into large constellations of thousands. And they all require the type of network routing Northwood builds, she said.
Northwood is focused on the ground segment, which Mendler described as the networking system linking Earth and space. Without this infrastructure, she argued, a satellites would be a “really expensive hump of metal up in space.”
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