{"id":6336,"date":"2024-11-19T01:30:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T17:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/ast-spacemobile-selected-blue-origins-new-glenn-for-bluebird-satellite-launch\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T01:30:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T17:30:46","slug":"ast-spacemobile-selected-blue-origins-new-glenn-for-bluebird-satellite-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/ast-spacemobile-selected-blue-origins-new-glenn-for-bluebird-satellite-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"AST SpaceMobile Selected Blue Origin&#8217;s New Glenn for BlueBird Satellite Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/ASt_Spacemobile_cover_new_638674663192397953.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"AST SpaceMobile Selected Blue Origin's New Glenn for BlueBird Satellite Launch\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/ASt_Spacemobile_cover_new_638674663192397953.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/ASt_Spacemobile_cover_new_638674663192397953.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin announced a multi-launch agreement to deliver multiple next-generation Block 2 BlueBird satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO) on New Glenn. All launches will occur over a multi-year period from Blue Origin\u2019s Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network designed for both commercial and government applications. It will operate directly with everyday smartphones and allow seamless switching between terrestrial cell towers and satellite signals depending on location and coverage needs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Glenn\u2019s performance and unprecedented capacity within its seven-meter fairing enables us to deploy more of our Block 2 BlueBird satellites in orbit, helping provide continuous cellular broadband service coverage across some of the most in-demand cellular markets globally,\u201d said <strong>Abel Avellan, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, AST SpaceMobile.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s an honor to support AST SpaceMobile\u2019s deployment of their next generation BlueBird satellites, which will expand connectivity across the globe and positively impact many lives,\u201d said <strong>Dave Limp, CEO, Blue Origin.<\/strong> \u201cNew Glenn is purpose-built for these kinds of innovative and ambitious missions.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>New Glenn stands more than 320 feet (98 meters) tall and is named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth. Its seven-meter fairing enables twice the payload volume of any five-meter class commercial launch system. The vehicle\u2019s reusable first stage is designed for a minimum of 25 missions and is powered by seven Blue Origin BE-4 engines, the most powerful liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled, oxygen-rich staged combustion engine ever flown. Its second stage is powered by two BE-3U engines. Each BE-3U generates 160,000 lbf of thrust in vacuum. Blue Origin also manufactures BE-7 engines for its Blue Moon lunar landers and New Shepard\u2019s BE-3PM engine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to learn more about Blue Origin&#8217;s BlueBird Satellites<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Origin announced a multi-launch agreement to deliver multiple next-generation Block 2 BlueBird satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO) on New Glenn. All launches will occur over a multi-year period from Blue Origin\u2019s Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.&nbsp; AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network designed [&hellip;]<\/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":[26,25,54,20],"class_list":["post-6336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-launch-vehicle-platforms","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336"}],"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=6336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}