Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Communications · LEO
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…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPACEMOBILE-013 2026-179A | Payload | 522 × 530 km · 53.0° | Globe |
| SPACEMOBILE-012 2026-179B | Payload | 522 × 530 km · 53.0° | Globe |
| SPACEMOBILE-011 2026-179C | Payload | 522 × 529 km · 53.0° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2026-179 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).