flown by SpaceX USA

BlueBird Block 1

Success
SEP 12202408:52:00 UTC

The first five commercial satellites in AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird constellation, designed to deliver broadband coverage to standard unmodified smartphones via existing cellular infrastructure. Each satellite carries a 64-square-meter (690 sq ft) phased array antenna - the largest commercial array deployed in low Earth orbit at the time - on a spacecraft of roughly 1,500 kg, comparable in scale to the company's BlueWalker 3 prototype.

launched from SLC-40 Canaveral

aboard Falcon 9 B5 F9-373 into LEO

Broadcast

Watch how the launch went

Booster

B1078.13

Landed on ground pad · LZ-1

Payload

BlueBird 1-5

Communications