New Glenn | BlueBird Block 2 #2
NET: 2026-04-19T11:25:00Z
FAILURE Communications Low Earth Orbit
§ Launch
- Provider
- Blue Origin
- Vehicle
- New Glenn
- Customer
- —
- Mission name
- BlueBird Block 2 #2
§ Pad
- Name
- Launch Complex 36A
- Operator
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Coordinates
- 28.4706°, -80.5422°
§ Mission
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.