AST SpaceMobile Begins Buildup Of Satellite-To-Cell Network

Credit: AST SpaceMobile
CAPE CANAVERAL—A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sept. 12 delivered the first five satellites of a planned 90-member constellation for AST SpaceMobile’s planned global, direct-to-cell communications network. The AST BlueBird 1-5 mission lifted off at 4:52 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral SFS Space Launch...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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