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Webcast: AST SpaceMobile BlueBird 6 Mission Live Launch

AST SpaceMobile is scheduled to launch the first of its next-generation satellites to low Earth orbit on December 23, 2025 at 10:25 p.m. EST. The mission, called BlueBird 6, will lift off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center aboard the LVM3 rocket. Watch AST SpaceMobile's webcast featuring new videos, a …

BlueBird 6 (Block 2 #1)

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

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.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 24, 2025, 5:22 a.m.

Satellite in contact.


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 24, 2025, 3:43 a.m.

Spacecraft separation.


LL2 • Dec. 24, 2025, 3:26 a.m.

Official Webcast by ISRO Official has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 24, 2025, 3:25 a.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • Dec. 24, 2025, 2:55 a.m.

Official Webcast by ISRO Official has started


LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III)

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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.

Specifications
  • Max Stage
    3
  • Length
    43.4 m
  • Diameter
    4.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    629.0 T
  • Thrust
    11898.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III)
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $46000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    10000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    5000.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Indian Space Research Organization

Indian Space Research Organization

(ISRO)

Chairman: V. Narayanan Founded: 1969 Successes: 85 Failures: 15 Pending: 19

Agency Type:

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bangalore. Its vision is to "harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research and planetary exploration."

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Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad


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