BlueBird Block 2 #2
The mission
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 1 satellite, BlueBird 7/BlueBird Block 2 FM2.
Mission timeline
Where it leaves Earth
Launch site
Ground vector
Launch Complex 36A
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Latitude
- 28.471°N
- Longitude
- 80.542°W
Can I see this?
Distance and a plain visibility call from a place you choose. Trajectory is not modeled — night launches travel farther across the sky than daylight ones.
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Range weather
Launch commit criteria
- Primary concern
- Cumulus Cloud Rule
- Rule count
- 2
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
10:45 AM UTC – 12:45 PM UTC
Vehicle & provider
Schedule history
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.