AST SpaceMobile, Inc. has launched BlueBird 6, one of the largest commercial communications array deployed in low Earth orbit. The mission lifted off at 10:25 p.m. EST on December 23 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.
BlueBird 6 will deliver commercial and government applications, including high-speed 4G and 5G space-based cellular broadband, directly to standard, unmodified smartphones, and government applications that benefit from the power, size, and patented technology of AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird spacecrafts.
