LVM-3 | BlueBird Block 2 #1
Indian Space Research Organization
Mission Status
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission Updates
Satellite in contact.
Source →Spacecraft separation.
Source →Official Webcast by ISRO Official has started
Source →Liftoff.
Source →Official Webcast by ISRO Official has started
Source →Tweaked T-0.
Source →Adding T-0 and setting GO
Source →Delayed to NET December 24.
Source →Delayed to December 21.
Source →Rescheduled for NET December 20 per new NOTAMs.
Source →Added tentative launch window.
Source →NET December 15.
Source →NET early December.
Source →NET Q4 2025.
Source →NET August.
Source →NET July.
Source →NET May.
Source →NET Q2.
Source →NET March.
Source →Fixed rocket variant.
Source →Added launch.
Source →Mission Details
AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, required to achieve 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage in the United States, with beams designed to support a capacity of up to 40 MHz, enabling peak data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps, supporting voice, full data and video applications. The Block 2 BlueBirds, featuring as large as 2400 square foot communications arrays, will be the largest satellites ever commercially deployed in Low Earth orbit once launched. This launch will feature a single satellite.
Rocket Configuration
The Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3), previously called Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III), is a three-stage medium-lift launch vehicle developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is designed to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, and is intended as a launch vehicle for crewed missions under the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme.