{"id":2093,"date":"2026-01-23T16:49:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/ast-spacemobile-announces-bluebird-7-orbital-launch-and-advancing-d2d-cellular-connectivity\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T16:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:49:23","slug":"ast-spacemobile-announces-bluebird-7-orbital-launch-and-advancing-d2d-cellular-connectivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/ast-spacemobile-announces-bluebird-7-orbital-launch-and-advancing-d2d-cellular-connectivity\/","title":{"rendered":"AST SpaceMobile Announces BlueBird 7 Orbital Launch and Advancing D2D Cellular Connectivity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AST SpaceMobile<\/strong>, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones for commercial and government use, announced the launch timing for its BlueBird 7 mission. The launch is scheduled for late February from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Blue Origin<\/strong>\u2019s New Glenn launch vehicle.<\/p>\n

Identical to BlueBird 6, BlueBird 7 is the second satellite in AST SpaceMobile\u2019s next-generation campaign. At nearly 2,400 square feet, it features the largest commercial communications array in low Earth orbit<\/strong>, 3.5 times larger than BlueBirds 1-5. Its unprecedented size and cutting-edge design, built on significant technical innovation and supported by more than 3,800 patent and patent-pending claims, enable peak data rates of up to 120 Mbps space-based broadband connectivity for voice, data, and streaming.<\/p>\n

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Also Read: AST SpaceMobile: Pioneering Direct-to-Cell Satellite Connectivity<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThis launch advances our mission to bring space-based cellular broadband connectivity to everyday smartphones as we progress towards launching commercial services in 2026,\u201d<\/em> said <\/strong>Scott Wisniewski<\/strong>, President of AST SpaceMobile<\/strong>. \u201cBlueBird 7 moves us closer to delivering a new layer of cellular broadband connectivity for consumers, enterprises, and government customers worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next generation BlueBirds are designed to be compatible with all major launch vehicles. Future missions on New Glenn are expected to deliver up to 8 next-generation BlueBirds per flight, with its seven-meter fairing enabling twice the payload volume of five-meter class commercial launch systems.<\/p>\n

AST SpaceMobile\u2019s mission is to enable 4G and 5G space-based cellular broadband for billions globally without requiring any changes to mobile devices. AST SpaceMobile is 95% vertically integrated, with all major manufacturing processes under U.S. control in Texas. The company operates nearly 500,000 square feet of manufacturing and operations facilities and employs a workforce of nearly 1,800 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones for commercial and government use, announced the launch timing for its BlueBird 7 mission. The launch is scheduled for late February from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Blue Origin\u2019s New Glenn launch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[50,25,20],"class_list":["post-2093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-5g","tag-launch","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}