The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) launch of BlueBird-6, a 6.5-tonne satellite built by US firm AST SpaceMobile, was initially scheduled for Dec 15, 2025, but has been rescheduled to around Dec 21, 2025 due to integration delays and technical adjustments. What is BlueBird-6?

BlueBird-6 is part of AST SpaceMobile’s next-generation satellite constellation designed to deliver direct-to-device mobile broadband anywhere on Earth, no special terminals or dishes required. Once deployed in low Earth orbit (LEO), the spacecraft will unfurl one of the largest phased antenna arrays ever built for a commercial satellite (~2,400 sq ft).

That array and its capacity (up to ~10,000 MHz of bandwidth) aim to let standard 4G/5G handsets pick up signals directly from spacea, first for connectiv

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