19 April 2026 year Fr. 11:25 UTC from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, using a launch vehicle «New Glenn» the launch of the US communication spacecraft was carried out «SPACEMOBILE-007».
Satellites of the new generation «SPACEMOBILE» of the AST SpaceMobile company will many times exceed the throughput of satellites in orbit today, which will accelerate the achievement of the goal of providing subscribers with uninterrupted 24/7 broadband cellular communication.
The service will cover approx 100 % territory of the USA, having over 5600 coverage cells, with bandwidth up to 40 MHz, providing a peak data transfer rate of up to 120 Mbps, maintaining voice communication, transfer of full data and video applications.
PH "New Glenn» – it is a heavy multiple launch vehicle, created by the American company Blue Origin. The rocket has two stages, runs on liquid methane and oxygen, equipped with seven BE-4 engines on the first stage and one BE-3U on the second. The first stage of the rocket is capable of returning to Earth and making a vertical landing for reuse.
At the moment of the group is 6 KA. This launch will expand the grouping of SPACEMOBILE spacecraft by another 1 KA. AST SpaceMobile aims to create a group of 60 KA.
According to the CCS