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BlueBird Block 2

New Glenn, Blue Origin

Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Launch time

No earlier than

NET 2026

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Mission

BlueBird Block 2 on New Glenn from Launch Complex 36A. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from 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 8 satellites.

Mission type
Communications
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit

Launch timeline

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Launch pad

Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (US)

Coordinates: 28.4705556, -80.542194

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Launch data: The Space Devs (Launch Library 2)

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