AST SpaceMobile Eyes Own Blacklift Lauch Sites

Firefly’s Miranda rocket hot fire

AST SpaceMobile plans to use Firefly’s Miranda rocket as part of the Blacklift rocket.

Credit: Firefly
AST SpaceMobile expects to use partner Firefly’s launch facility in Wallops, Virginia, for the new Blacklift rocket and augment that with its own launch sites in the U.S., CEO Abel Avellan says. “We are also working on two additional locations, a part of the execution of Blacklift,” Avellan told...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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