AST SpaceMobile Unfurls Massive Satellite To Challenge Cellular Starlink

AST SpaceMobile has successfully unfolded its massive 2,400 square-foot satellite in orbit as the company tries to challenge SpaceX’s cellular Starlink service. On Tuesday, AST SpaceMobile posted a picture of the satellite’s antenna array fully deployed, weeks after it flew into space in late December. Dubbed BlueBird 6, the satellite “features the largest commercial communications array antenna ever deployed in Low Earth Orbit,” AST added in the announcement. More

(Source: PCMag - Feb 12)