05 August 2026 year Fr. 07:49 UTC from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, using a launch vehicle «Falcon 9 Block 5» the launch of three US communication spacecraft was carried out «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.
Key features of satellites:
- Direct communication with smartphones. The satellites are designed to deploy the world's first space cellular network (Direct-to-Cell), which allows ordinary smartphones to connect to broadband Internet directly without the use of special terminals or dishes. After full disclosure, the antenna area of each satellite reaches 63 kv. meters.
- High speed. The new generation of devices is able to provide a download speed of up to 120 Mbps, which is almost twice the performance of the first test models.
- Global coverage. Uninterrupted connection in the USA, Europe and Japan. Для повноцінного безперервного сервісу компанії потрібно вивести від 45 to 60 таких КА.
At the moment, the group is 9 KA. This launch will expand the group of SPACEMOBILE spacecraft by another 3 KA. AST SpaceMobile aims to create a group of 60 KA.
According to the CCS