AST SpaceMobile @AST_SpaceMobile 8:10 PM · Jun 28, 2026
Execution in motion.
Another delivery to Midland. In the world's largest cargo aircraft, for the world's largest satellites in low Earth orbit.
BlueBirds 8, 9, and 10 are in orbit and operational; 11, 12, and 13 are next. Satellites in production through BlueBird 37.
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https://twitter.com/AST_SpaceMobile/status/2071295155362254947SpaceX launches 3 Block 2 BlueBird satellites for AST SpaceMobileJune 16, 2026 Will Robinson-Smith
(...) A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, B1077 landed on the drone ship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas,’ positioned in the Atlantic Ocean. This was the 156th landing on this vessel and the 625th booster recovery for SpaceX to date.
This flight came about two months after the ill-fated BlueBird 7 mission, which launched aboard a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket from the Cape. While the company was able to recover its first stage booster, ‘Never Tell Me the Odds,’ Blue Origin suffered an upper stage anomaly and was unable to deliver the satellite to the intended orbit.
“While the satellite separated from the launch vehicle and powered on, the altitude was too low to sustain operations with its on-board thruster technology and was de-orbited. In connection with the loss of the Block 2 BB7 satellite, the Company expects a replacement launch pursuant to the terms of the applicable contract with the launch provider,” AST SpaceMobile wrote in a financial document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
“The total loss associated with this event is expected to be consistent with the carrying value of this initial satellite. The Company estimates the carrying value of the satellite to be in the range of $155.0 million to $160.0 million.”
Prior to this launch, the company deployed its BlueWalker 3 test satellite and five, Block 1 BlueBlue satellites on SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets in Sept. 2022 and Sept. 2024 respectively. The first Block 2 satellites, BlueBird 6, alucnved on an Indian LVM3 rocket.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted AST SpaceMobile the ability to deploy 248 of its satellites into low Earth orbit. (...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/06/16/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-3-block-2-bluebird-satellites-for-ast-spacemobile/
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