Three of AST SpaceMobile's next-generation Block 2 BlueBird satellites (BlueBird 14, 15 and 16) will fly together on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral. Each carries a roughly 2,400-square-foot phased array for direct-to-smartphone cellular broadband from low Earth orbit.
- Status
- Date TBD
- Target orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Date and time
- Q4 2026
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Payload
- Communications