GO! - Blue Origin - New Glenn - BlueBird Block 2 - LC-36 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live

Launch Date: April 19, 2026
Launch Time: 6:45 a.m. EDT, 1045 UTC, 12:45 CEST
Launch Window: Open until 8:45 a.m. EDT
Launch Status: Scheduled and announced
Launch Target: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Mission: BlueBird Block 2 FM2
Launch Contractor: AST Space Mobile
Launch Provider: Blue Origin
Launcher System: New Glenn
Booster: GSN-SN002 (152 days turnaround
Flight: 2
Former flights: ESCAPADE
New Glenn Booster Name: Never Tell Me The Odds

Launch Location: Launch Complex 36 (LC-36) - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Booster Landing: Landing Barge "Jacklyn" (GSI-SNN001)

New Glenn-3 (NG-3), will carry AST SpaceMobile’s next-generation Block 2 BlueBird satellite to low Earth orbit. The launch is scheduled for April 14, 2026, from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

AST SpaceMobile selected Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch vehicle in November 2024 as part of its launch campaign for its cellular broadband network. The Bluebird satellite network will support commercial and government telecommunications applications, enabling users to remain connected as their devices transition between terrestrial cellular networks and space-based coverage, delivering broadband connectivity anytime, anywhere.

The mission follows the successful NG-2 mission, which included the landing of the “Never Tell Me The Odds” booster. The same booster is being refurbished to power NG-3.

The mission will be the 3rd flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn heavy rocket, the rockets 1st mission in 2026. For Blue Origin it is the 41st misson in total, and the 2nd mission in 2026

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