BlueBird 11-13
Falcon 9 carried three next-generation Block 2 BlueBird satellites for AST SpaceMobile's direct-to-cell network, each built to unfold a phased-array antenna of roughly 2,400 square feet - the largest commercial antenna structures flown in low Earth orbit, some three times the size of the Block 1 arrays and designed to roughly double per-satellite throughput. The trio raised the constellation to 13 spacecraft as the company worked toward continuous service.
The first stage, booster B1077, flew and landed for the 30th time, touching down on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas.
LIFTOFF
AUG 05 2026launched from SLC-40 Canaveral
aboard Falcon 9 B5 F9-673 into LEO
Broadcast
Watch how the launch went
Booster
B1077.30
Landed on drone ship · ASOG
Payloads · 2
- 01
BlueBird 11-13
Communications
- 02
BlueBird Block 2 #11-13 (3 satellites)

