BlueBird Block 2 #3
NextGo for Prop LoadT-35:00
Time to launch
Vehicle
Falcon 9 Block 5
Profile →Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fif...
Provider
SpaceX
Profile →USA • Founded 2002
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur E...
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 3 satellites.
Mission Timeline
0 / 200%Go for Prop Load
Launch director gives the go to begin fueling
- Go for Prop LoadT-35:0011:25 PM UTC
- RP-1 Loading BeginsT-35:0011:25 PM UTC
- Stage 1 LOX Loading BeginsT-35:0011:25 PM UTC
- Stage 2 LOX Loading BeginsT-16:0011:44 PM UTC
- Engine Chill BeginsT-07:0011:53 PM UTC
- Flight Computer Final ChecksT-01:0011:59 PM UTC
- Tanks Pressurize for FlightT-01:0011:59 PM UTC
- Strongback Retract BeginsT-00:4511:59 PM UTC
- Engine Ignition Sequence StartsT-00:0311:59 PM UTC
Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Delay History
Schedule updated
