New Glenn | BlueBird Block 2 #2
Blue OriginLaunch Complex 36A — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- BlueBird Block 2 #2
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Weather probability
- 90% go
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 1 satellite, BlueBird 7/BlueBird Block 2 FM2.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
- Fail reason
- AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 successfully launched on Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, but was placed into an unusable lower orbit and will be deorbited despite the booster landing successfully.
- Weather concerns
- Cumulus Cloud Rule, Thick Cloud Layers Rule
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- New Glenn
- Family
- New Glenn
- Provider
- Blue Origin
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
webcasts
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36A
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4706, -80.5422