The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has partially granted Logos Space permission to build, launch, and run a new low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation.

The constellation will operate in K-, Q, and V-Band spectrums under conditions, while the commission has deferred the use of higher frequencies requested by the company. The authorization demands at least half of the constellation be orbited within seven years of the proposal, and the full fleet by 2035.

“Secure, resilient communications infrastructure is a foundational requirement for both global competitiveness and enterprise operations, and receiving this approval meaningfully advances Logos’ deployment roadmap,” Peter Tague, managing partner of the investment firm U.S. Innovative Technologies (USIT), which led Logos’ Series A, said in a statement.

Logos Space Services’ Series A funding round closed $50 million, led by USIT , a dual-use investment firm led by billionaire film producer Thomas Tull, known for founding Legendary Entertainment in 2005, and executive producing Inception in 2010. USIT has previously invested in AI Defense group Anduril and reusable launch developer Stoke Space. Logos aims to secure partnerships for its satellite in time for the deployment of its first operational satellite by 2027.

The Redwood City, California-based company (sometimes stylized λogos, using Lambda, the Greek letter for L), founded by former NASA project manager and Google exec Milo Medin, first submitted plans for its constellation in 2024, when it proposed an initial 3,960, which it has since revised upward.

Is narrower more secure?

The constellation’s satellites would operate across seven orbital shells ranging 870 kilometers to 925 kilometers with inclinations of 28 to 90 degrees. Logos Space posits that this positioning, combined with its higher-frequency spectrum and narrow beams, reduces its susceptibility to interference and jamming compared to conventional broadband satellite systems – which is circumstantially true.

A recent joint study by the University of California San Diego and the University of Maryland investigated the interceptability of geostationary (GEO) satellites, successfully logging data from 411 transponders on 39 GEO satellites. While the 2025 study did not tap LEO transmissions, its founders insisted “their interception risk remains if control links can be accessed without authentication, or other legacy protocols are present for exploitation.”

The constellation’s optical intersatellite links are more robustly secure, given the transmission medium of optics over radio waves, though this data still has to come down somewhere.

Big regulator FCC

The FCC’s stipulation about deployment timelines is one Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper) has run into this year. The company was forced to seek a 24-month extension from the commission due to setbacks in the rollout of the 1,600 satellites it is required to orbit by July 2026.

With a billionaire-founded tech giant struggling to position half of its planned 3,236 fleet after carving out $10 billion to build the network, Logos will have its work cut out getting 2,089 up in time.

The number of headlines the FCC has appeared in over recent months has attracted the attention of Senator Ted Cruz, who has resumed a familiar Republican refrain against regulatory authority.

Cruz proposed a new bill in January requiring the commission to rule on satellites and ground stations within a year of their proposals, with extensions of such a deadline only permitted under extraordinary circumstances, such as danger to life and national security.

“We have more rocket launches and satellite deployments today than ever before,” Cruz said in a statement announcing the bill. “However, innovative companies that want to expand access to high-speed internet for Americans face an outdated regulatory process, leading to massive delays in the deployment of new satellite technologies.”