Molly O’Shea@MollySOSheaAug 31

BREAKING: Northwood Space Opens New 185,000 Sqft HQ & Factory in Torrance, CA Interview & Tour w/ CEO @bridgitmendler This takes @NorthwoodSpace's manufacturing footprint from 25,000 to 135,000 sqft & puts antenna production on assembly lines. Portal & Prism each get a dedicated line, PCB assembly & machining come in-house. Production moves in October 2026. Specs: › Prism line: 4 parabolic antennas/wk across S-, X- , & Ka-bands › Portal line: over a full ground site's worth of panels/mo › Adding 400 jobs over 3 years › $136M raised to date, plus a $49.8M Space Force contract "Building the future of space networking is as much a manufacturing problem as a technology one. This facility is how we build the network at rate." 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 (00:00) Bridgit Mendler, Co-Founder & CEO at Northwood (00:50) Inside Northwood's 180,000 sq. ft. facility (01:50) Why space missions need Ground Stations (04:45) What "Full-Stack" means for Northwood (08:40) How the SpaceX IPO changed space hiring (10:43) What makes Hardware roles so exciting (13:32) Winning a ~$50M Government contract (17:17) Defending against Hacking attempts (22:45) Turning $136M funding Into a 10-year plan (26:24) The customers behind Northwood's growth (29:07) The hardest part of building Infrastructure (30:44) The Mentors behind Bridgit's journey (32:24) Learning to trust her gut as CEO (34:54) Underwater UFOs: Real or not? (37:22) This is where Antennas will get built (38:04) Touring the Build & Test stations (39:26) Anechoic testing chamber (42:51) The NASA Astronaut