🚀 Falcon 9 · BlueBird 11-13 (Block 2 #6-8)
AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, required to achieve 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage in the United States, with beams designed to support a capacity of up to 40 MHz, enabling peak data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps, supporting voice, full data and video applications. The Block 2 BlueBirds, featuring as large as 2400 square foot communications arrays, will be the largest satellites ever commercially deployed in Low Earth orbit once launched. This launch will feature 3 satellites. August 5, 2026 at 07:49 UTC · Launch Successful Falcon 9 Block 5 — SpaceX, to Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA The world's 7358th orbital launch attempt, and 185th of 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6un1y7bK0XY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp4xFr1grXk Data: Launch Library 2, The Space Devs. Image by SpaceX via The Space Devs.