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Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird Block 2 #3-5
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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 3 satellites.
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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.
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GO for Prop Load
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Prop Load
- T−00:35:00
Stage 1 LOX Load
- T−00:16:00
Stage 2 LOX Load
- T−00:07:00
Engine Chill
- T−00:01:00
Startup
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- T−00:01:00
Tank Press
- T−00:00:45
GO for Launch
- T−00:00:03
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:01:13
Max-Q
- T+00:02:27
MECO
- T+00:02:31
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:39
SES-1
- T+00:03:22
Fairing Separation
- T+00:06:16
Entry Burn Startup
- T+00:06:39
Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+00:08:02
Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+00:08:30
SECO-1
- T+00:08:32
Stage 1 Landing
- T+00:46:00
SES-2
- T+00:46:06
SECO-2
- T+00:54:27
Payload Separation
- T+00:59:47
Payload Separation
- T+01:05:07
Payload Separation