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BlueBird Block 2 #1
Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)
Historical mission record
This page records LVM-3 | BlueBird Block 2 #1 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITESatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Mission
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 a single satellite.
- Launch vehicle
- Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad
- Provider
- Indian Space Research Organization
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)
The Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3), previously called Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III), is a three-stage medium-lift launch vehicle developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is designed to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, and is intended as a launch vehicle for crewed missions under the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme.
- Height
- 43.4 m
- Diameter
- 4 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 9
- First flight
- 2014-12-18
Recorded timing
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Flight timeline
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- T+00:00:00
Booster Ignition
- T+00:01:45.98
Ignition
- T+00:02:12.46
SRB Separation
- T+00:02:54
Fairing Separation
- T+00:05:1.96
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:05:4.36
SES
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- T+00:15:39
SECO
- T+00:15:42.52
Payload Separation
Launch site & orbit
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
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