Earth at night viewed from space. Photo: ESA/NASA

A new satellite venture Logos Space founded by a former Google executive plans to launch a new satellite constellation geared toward resilient communications for enterprise users. Logos Space emerged from stealth mode on Thursday, with backing from Thomas Tull’s U.S. Innovative Technology fund.  

The company is founded by Milo Medin, former vice president of Wireless Services for Google, and Rama Akella, who co-led SpaceX’s direct-to-cell network and then led the digital silicon and systems groups for Amazon’s Project Kuiper. 

Logos filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to construct and launch a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) network of  3,960 satellites deployed in seven shells between 860 km and 925 km altitude. It plans to operate in the Ka-, Q/V-, and E-bands. 

The company plans to provide multi-gigabit connectivity to enterprise users including MPLS and ethernet connectivity. Logos said its system is designed to be highly resilient to electronic warfare because of use of very narrow beams along with specially designed control waveforms that are hard to direct and jam. 

“Increasingly, our space systems are being targeted by jamming, and in the future, all spectrum access will likely be contested,” Milo Medin, the founder and CEO of Logos Space, stated. “We engineered Logos Space’s LEO system with this in mind to withstand electronic warfare and provide the enhanced security that businesses and the U.S. government need for their mission-critical communications.”