AST SpaceMobile Deploys Big BlueBirds in Orbit to Bring Space-Based Smartphone Broadband
AST SpaceMobile announced the successful orbital launch of BlueBird 8, 9, and 10 from Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9, with the 2,400-square-foot arrays enabling direct-to-smartphone cellular broadband and paving the way for commercial service, while upcoming BlueBirds 11–13 and next-generation satellites remain in production.