SpaceX lofts three BlueBird satellites to boost AST SpaceMobile network
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SpaceX launched three Block 2 BlueBird satellites (BlueBird 8, 9, 10) for AST SpaceMobile on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, deploying BlueBird 10 about 54.5 minutes after liftoff and the other two roughly five minutes apart; booster B1077 landed on the drone ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas' marking another SpaceX booster recovery, while the trio aims to enable space-based broadband for unmodified smartphones around the world.
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