AST Anticipating BlueWalker 3 Satellite Launch in March
AST's BlueWalker 3 test satellite is expected to go up on a SpaceX launch as soon as March and is designed to communicate with cellphones directly using 3rd Generation Partnership Project standard frequencies in a demonstration of the SpaceMobile system…
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design, AST executives told aides to FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, said an International Bureau filing Tuesday. AST said its Midland, Texas, production facilities will eventually have a production capacity of up to six satellites a month. It said it expects to start commercial service in 2023 with a 20-satellite equatorial constellation to allow North American, European and Asian coverage and then full global coverage. It said it has regulatory approvals in six countries and test authorizations in others.