New Glenn BlueBird Block 2 launch: date, time and live countdown
Blue Origin launches BlueBird Block 2 on New Glenn from Cape Canaveral (LC-36A), no earlier than Thu 31 Dec, 00:00 UTC.
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DATE CHANGES
- 1 NOV
First scheduled for Thu 31 Dec, 00:00 UTC.
- NOW
Now scheduled for Thu 31 Dec, 00:00 UTC. No slips so far.
MISSION
- VEHICLE
- New Glenn
- PROVIDER
- Blue Origin
- PAD
- LC-36A, Cape Canaveral, Florida
- ORBIT
- Low Earth orbit
- MISSION
- Communications
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
FLIGHT PROFILE·PROJECTED
A projected profile for this rocket, timed to the mission's published events. It isn't data from the rocket.
MISSION LOG
The launch over your sky
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