Weak signal · 26 June 2026, 06:30 UTC
AST SpaceMobile BlueBirds 11/12/13 → first half August
As the brief logged it
— Block 2 satellites announced June 23 for 1H August Falcon 9 launch (Cape Canaveral). These have "nearly double the peak data speeds" of Block 1 (Block 1 achieved 98.9 Mbps). By end of August, AST will have 13 BlueBirds operational — accelerating toward coverage thresholds needed for Rakuten-AST Japan service launch (Q4 2026) and J-LEO award timeline.
Provenance
Logged in the brief of 26 June 2026.
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