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New Glenn | BlueBird Block 2 #2
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
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 1 satellite, BlueBird 7/BlueBird Block 2 FM2.
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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.
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Prop Load
- T−00:45:00
Prop Load Complete
- T−00:30:00
Weather Check
- T−00:17:00
Ready Poll
- T−00:04:00
Terminal Count
- T−00:02:30
Tank Press
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- T−00:01:30
Internal Power
- T−00:00:30
Startup
- T−00:00:30
Water Deluge
- T−00:00:5.6
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:01:36
Max-Q
- T+00:03:05
MECO
- T+00:03:09
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:03:16
SES-1
- T+00:03:42
Fairing Separation
- T+00:07:06
Boosters Entry Burn Startup
- T+00:07:37
Boosters Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+00:08:45
Boosters Landing Burn
- T+00:09:23
Boosters Landing
- T+00:13:01
SECO-1
- T+01:09:41
SES-2
- T+01:10:49
SECO-2
- T+01:15:44
Payload Separation
- T+02:49:12
SES-3
- T+02:49:24
SECO-3
- T+03:05:08
Mission End