17 June 2026 year Fr. 06:39 UTC from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, using a launch vehicle «Falcon 9 Block 5» здійснений запуск трьох КА зв’язку США «SPACEMOBILE».
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.
На даний момент угруповання становить 6 KA. Даний запуск розширить угруповання КА «SPACEMOBILE» ще на 3 KA. AST SpaceMobile aims to create a group of 60 KA.
According to the CCS