Aspiring Starlink competitor Logos Space Services has secured to launch more than 4,000 broadband satellites into low Earth orbit by 2035, as reported by . Under FCC regulations, the company must deploy half of the approved amount within the next seven years.
The company is headed by its founder, Milo Medin, a former project manager at NASA as well as a former vice president of wireless services at Google. The company has been since it opened its doors in 2023 and reportedly hopes to deploy its first satellite by 2027. Logos’ planned low Earth orbit constellation would beam high-speed broadband internet to customers worldwide, including government and enterprise users, much like Starlink.
While the satellite broadband market is growing, Starlink remains the biggest player by far. The European Space Agency there are just over 14,000 functioning satellites currently in orbit and we know that of them are a part of the Starlink constellation. The SpaceX subsidiary recently asked the FCC for clearance to , though in reality, the FCC will likely trend closer to the 7,500 on the last go-around. The it expects 100,000 satellites to be in orbit by 2030.
