BlueBird 14-16 (Block 2 #9-11)
Falcon 9 Block 5, SpaceX
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Launch time
No earlier than
NET Q4 2026
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BlueBird 14-16 (Block 2 #9-11) on Falcon 9 Block 5. NET Q4 2026. Status: TBD. Launch site: Space Launch Complex 40. Source: Launch Library 2.
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 3 satellites.
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
Rocket file imagery
File imagery: Crew-9, 28 September 2024. Falcon 9 lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40.
Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber · Public domain (NASA) · SourceLaunch timeline
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Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (US)
Coordinates: 28.56194122, -80.57735736
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