Falcon 9 Block 5
This mission has flown
August 5, 2026
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.
Rocket
Falcon 9 Block 5
Mission type
Communications
Payload
BlueBird 11-13 (Block 2 #6-8)
Launch complex
Space Launch Complex 40 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Launch date
August 5, 2026
Launch window
3:42 AM – 5:18 AM ET
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
Core
B1077
Flight 30 · flight-proven
Droneship landing · A Shortfall of Gravitas
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Launch News
SpaceX successfully launched its Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission from Cape Canaveral at 7:04 a.m. EDT on October 20, carrying 32 payloads aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. First-stage booster B1085 completed its 19th flight and landed on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.
NASA
SpaceX successfully launched NASA's CRS-35 cargo mission from Cape Canaveral at 6:33 a.m. EDT on October 13. Cargo Dragon is carrying more than 6,300 pounds of science experiments, station supplies, and solar array hardware, with docking planned for Thursday.
Launch News
SpaceX is targeting 6:33 a.m. EDT Tuesday for the launch of NASA's CRS-35 cargo mission from Cape Canaveral. Dragon will deliver new health research, station supplies, and solar array hardware to the International Space Station.
