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Mendler: Northwood relies on SpaceX-style site proliferation, not perimeter hardening
“We're taking a bit more of the SpaceX approach where they tend towards proliferation. So we have a bunch of sites and we have that diversity of sites so that we can make sure if any one of those sites goes down, you know, not necessarily for some kind of malic…”
Mendler: Northwood only brings production in-house when timelines become a bottleneck
“We only bring in house what actually turns into a pain point on timeline.”
Mendler: Northwood aims to be an index for the space industry
“We want to basically like be an index for space where whatever use case winds up panning out for space, we're able to support it.”
Mendler: Northwood designs small-form-factor antennas for easy global shipping
“So we actually think about how we manufacture and deploy those antennas not incorporates all the way back to the original design principles of what we build. How can we make things that fit in small form factors and that can, you know, go out and be shipped to…”
Mendler: Northwood co-locates ground stations at data centers for infrastructure
“We tend to co-locate with, you know, optimizing for places that already have those things readily available. So data centers, for example, that's a spot that's really great for a co-location because they already have That infrastructure in place. And they also…”