Launch board / mission brief
New Glenn | BlueBird Block 2
BlueBird Block 2 · New Glenn · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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 8 satellites.
- NET
- 2026-12-31 00:00 UTC
- Local
- 2026-12-31 08:00 (Asia/Shanghai)
- Window
- 2026-12-31 00:00 UTC → 2026-12-31 00:00 UTC
- Status
- To Be Determined (TBD)
- Provider
- Blue Origin
- Rocket
- New Glenn
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36A
- Site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Probability
- —
- Mission type
- Communications
- Pad record
- Launch Complex 36A →
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