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AST SpaceMobile Launches Its Most Powerful Direct-to-Cell Satellite Yet

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The first of its next-generation BlueBird satellites is now in orbit. But the Starlink rival, backed by AT&T, Verizon, and others, needs approximately 40 more satellites to launch US service.

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AST SpaceMobile confirmed the successful launch of BlueBird 6, its most recent communications satellite, which already orbits the Earth after taking off on December 23 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in India. With an area of 225 square meters, the satellite design and manufacturing company claims that BlueBird 6 is the largest commercial low-Earth orbit (LEO) communications system. Its size, three times higher than that of the BlueBird 1 th…

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Invezz broke the news in on Wednesday, December 24, 2025.
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