AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird satellites 8, 9, and 10 are encapsulated inside a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket payload fairing ahead of launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: AST SpaceMobile / SpaceX
AST SpaceMobile is bouncing back from the loss of its BlueBird 7 satellite last month with the launch of three more in the predawn hours of Wednesday morning.
The company is launching BlueBird 8, 9, and 10 onboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. AST SpaceMobile’s low Earth orbit constellation is designed to generate space-based broadband services to unmodified smartphones in the United States and elsewhere around the world.
Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 is scheduled for 2:39 a.m. EDT (0639 UTC). The rocket will fly on a north-easterly trajectory upon leaving the pad.
Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about an hour prior to liftoff.
