BlueBird Block 2
New Glenn · Blue Origin · Launch Complex 36A
Overview
Date to be determined
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- Rocket
- New Glenn
- Provider
- Blue Origin
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 36A
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Launch time
- Not confirmed yet
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
Live updates
Nothing yet. We add a short note here at each step: holds, fuelling, the final go or no-go, liftoff and the result. Our reports and news posts about this launch appear here too, each on its own page.
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Discussion
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Rockets and launchesMission
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.
Description from the launch provider, passed on by Launch Library, The Space Devs.