Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Dec. 24 -- AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (AST SpaceMobile)(NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadbandnetwork accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial andgovernment applications, today announced the successful orbital launch of BlueBird 6.
The BlueBird 6 mission lifted off at 10:25 p.m. EST on December 23 (0854 am IST today)from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota and after a flight journey of 16 minutesISRO's heavy lift rocket launched LVM3M6 injected heaviest 6.2 ton satellite into a 520 kmCircular Low.Earth Orbit (LEO).
BlueBird 6 becomes now the largest commercial communications array ever deployed inLEO, spanning nearly 2,400 sq...