BlueBird Block 2 launch time, date and countdown
TBD 2026 (date TBD)
No launch date has been set yet (listed as 2026). The countdown starts once a date is announced.
Launch details
- Target
- 2026 (date TBD)
- Status
- TBD To Be Determined
- Provider
- Blue Origin (Commercial)
- Rocket
- New Glenn
- Mission
- BlueBird Block 2
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36A
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country code
- USA
Times can change. Central time is America/Chicago (CST/CDT). Source: Launch Library 2.
About this launch
BlueBird Block 2 is a launch of the New Glenn rocket operated by Blue Origin. No launch date has been set yet. Launch Library 2 currently lists it as no earlier than 2026, so the date and time shown on this page are placeholders until a real date is announced. The launch site is Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. The target orbit is Low Earth Orbit. Mission type: Communications. Launch Library 2 lists the current status as “To Be Determined”.
Mission description
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 8 satellites.
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