SpaceX lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 2:39 a.m. EDT,
deploying BlueBird 8, 9, and 10 for AST SpaceMobile after a precise booster
landing on a droneship.
These Block 2
satellites boast 2,400-square-foot arrays for speeds up to 200 Mbps on
unmodified 4G and 5G phones, doubling prior models' performance.
AST CEO Abel Avellan shared his team's excitement from the control room, noting all systems are nominal as the company ramps up production for global coverage that could end dead zones everywhere.