# AST SpaceMobile's Next-Gen BlueBird communication satellite was successfully launched into low Earth orbit.

*aerospace · news · 2025-12-24 · The Economic Times*

## Key points

- The BlueBird 6 satellite carries the largest commercial phased-array antenna ever deployed in LEO.
- BlueBird 6's AST5000 ASIC enables 10 GHz of bandwidth and up to 120 Mbps per coverage cell.
- Each BlueBird 6 satellite supports over 2,000 simultaneous active coverage cells for millions of daily users.
- The satellite connects directly to ordinary smartphones, requiring no hardware changes or satellite-specific devices.
- Previous BlueBird satellites enabled the world's first satellite-to-phone video calls in the US, Europe, and Japan.

**Companies:** AST SpaceMobile
**Countries:** United States, India

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