BlueBird Block 2 #2
This mission is complete.
Vehicle
New Glenn
Profile →The New Glenn is a privately funded orbital launch vehicle in development by Blue Origin. New Glenn is described as a 7-meter-diameter (23 ft), two- or three-stage rocket.
Provider
Blue Origin
Profile →USA • Founded 2000
Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing t...
Mission Brief
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
10 / 10100%Launch Site
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Weather
- Condition
- Cumulus Cloud Rule, Thick Cloud Layers Rule
- Temperature
- N/A
- Wind
- N/A
- GO Probability
- 90%
Delay History
AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 successfully launched on Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, but was placed into an unusable lower orbit and will be deorbited despite the booster landing successfully.
