Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird Block 1

First five satellites for SpaceMobile’s cellphone-compatible broadband constellation.

Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

• B1078 · flight 13 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 1 · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-6 · zone record 53/54

• YouTube — The Space Devs
• YouTube — AST SpaceMobile
• YouTube — NASASpaceflight
• BlueBird 1-5 Mission — SpaceX

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−1MStartup
7. T−1MTank Press
8. T−45SGO for Launch
9. T−3SIgnition
10. P0DLiftoff
11. T+1M10SMax-Q
12. T+2M18SMECO
13. T+2M22SStage 2 Separation
14. T+2M26SStage 1 Flip
15. T+2M29SSES-1
16. T+2M34SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
17. T+3M11SFairing Separation
18. T+3M29SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
19. T+6M4SEntry Burn Startup
20. T+6M17SEntry Burn Shutdown
21. T+7M8SStage 1 Landing Burn
22. T+7M32SStage 1 Landing
23. T+8M23SSECO-1
24. T+53M57SPayload Separation
25. T+55M32SPayload Separation
26. T+58M37SPayload Separation
27. T+1H2M22SPayload Separation
28. T+1H7M53SPayload Separation

• Signal acquired with all 5 satellites

  Nosu · 9/12/2024 · source

• All 5 satellites have been deployed.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 9/12/2024 · source

• Liftoff!

  hitura-nobad · 9/12/2024 · source

• Official Webcast by AST SpaceMobile has started

  LL2 · 9/12/2024 · source

• Tweaked launch window.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 9/12/2024 · source

• Weather is 30% favorable for launch.

  Nosu · 9/11/2024 · source

• Tweaked launch window per marine navigation warnings.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 9/8/2024 · source

• Adding launch date and time.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 9/4/2024 · source

• Changed launch pad - NET mid-September.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 9/1/2024 · source

• NET September.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/26/2024 · source