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Falcon 9 launches BlueBird 11-13 (Block 2 #6-8) from Cape Canaveral SFS
SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on 05 Aug 2026 07:49:00 UTC. The flight succeeded.
The flight
The window opened at 07:42 UTC and ran 96 minutes. Liftoff came 7 minutes into it.
The first stage, B1077, was making its 30th flight.
It landed on A Shortfall of Gravitas, 635 km downrange.
The payload was bound for Low Earth Orbit.
The mission
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 3 satellites.
Payload description as recorded by Launch Library 2.
By the numbers
SpaceX has now flown 713 launches in total. Its run of consecutive successful launches stands at 198.
It was the 396th launch from Space Launch Complex 40.
| Liftoff | 05 Aug 2026 07:49:00 UTC |
|---|---|
| Outcome | Launch Successful |
| Vehicle | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Provider | SpaceX |
| Pad | Space Launch Complex 40 |
| Target orbit | Low Earth Orbit |
| First stage | B1077 (flight 30) |
| Recovery | Landed — A Shortfall of Gravitas |
Written by Everything Space from Launch Library 2’s record of this flight — every figure above comes from that record. Fetched Thu, 06 Aug 2026 02:34:59 GMT.