Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird 11-13 (Block 2 #6-8)

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 3 satellites.

Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

• B1077 · flight 30 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ A Shortfall of Gravitas · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird 8-10 (Block 2 #3-5) · zone record 162/163

• GO! - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - BlueBird 11 - 13 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live — SPACE AFFAIRS

1. T−38MGO for Prop Load
2. T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
3. T−35MProp Load
4. T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
5. T−7MEngine Chill
6. T−1MTank Press
7. T−1MStartup
8. T−45SGO for Launch
9. T−3SIgnition
10. P0DLiftoff
11. T+1M13SMax-Q
12. T+2M27SMECO
13. T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
14. T+2M38SSES-1
15. T+3M15SFairing Separation
16. T+6M25SEntry Burn Startup
17. T+6M50SEntry Burn Shutdown
18. T+8M19SStage 1 Landing Burn
19. T+8M33SSECO-1
20. T+8M43SStage 1 Landing
21. T+46M16SSES-2
22. T+46M21SSECO-2
23. T+53M45SPayload Separation
24. T+59M5SPayload Separation

• Tweaked launch window.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/29/2026 · source

• NET August 5.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/28/2026 · source

• NET early August.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 6/23/2026 · source

• Added launch.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 5/28/2026 · source