Northwood’s Portal system is designed to replace a 7.3-meter satellite dish

Northwood says its Portal system is designed to replace a 7.3-meter dish antenna, roughly comparable in scale to a two-story building. The company describes the system as a way to substantially reduce the space required for ground infrastructure.

Six or eight Portal antennas can be combined to support simultaneous contacts with multiple satellites. Northwood says that capacity, which might otherwise require several football fields, could fit in roughly the size of a small strip-mall parking lot; the comparison is approximate and depends on the configuration.