SpaceX
BlueBird 8-10 (Block 2 #3-5)
SUCCESS
✓ Mission success
On 17 JUN · 06:39 UTC 2026, Falcon 9 Block 5 delivered BlueBird 8-10 (Block 2 #3-5) to Low Earth Orbit.
- T-0 (flown)
- 17 JUN · 06:39 UTC
- Window
- 1.6 hr
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 40 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- BlueBird 8-10 (Block 2 #3-5)
- Orbit
- Low Earth OrbitLEO
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 3 satellites.