Posted on 12/28/2025 4:39:01 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Why ISRO's BlueBird Block-2 Satellite Launch Matters?
India Enters New Era of Space Broadband | 3:08
The Financial Express | 270K subscribers | 32,102 views | Premiered December 24, 2025
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched the LVM-3 M6 mission from Sriharikota. The commentary describes a 'majestic lift-off' as the rocket, carrying the BlueBird Block-2 satellite (referred to as 'Bluebird Lock-2' in the transcript), seared through the sky. Technical updates confirmed that 'both S-200 motors ignited' and performed normally, with each motor generating '5952 kN' of thrust. The mission, marking a significant commercial milestone, saw the successful separation of the S-200 boosters and the payload fairing. The transcript also notes the initiation of the 'Cryo stage' and the use of 'close loop guidance' to ensure the rocket's path.ISRO Successfully Launches Heaviest Payload BlueBird Block-2 on LVM-3 M6 Mission | 6:20
India Today | 10.9M subscribers | 9,848 views | Premiered December 23, 2025
India's LVM3 rocket launched the BlueBird 6, built by Texas company AST SpaceMobile, from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Dec. 23, 2025 at 10:25 p.m. EST (0325 GMT and 8:55 a.m. India Standard Time on Dec. 24). Credit: ISROBlastoff! India launches BlueBird 6 smartphone satellite atop LVM3 rocket | 8:08
VideoFromSpace | 2.05M subscribers | 46,582 views | December 24, 2025
Watch as ISRO launches LVM-3 carrying BlueBird-6 to Low Earth Orbit from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.LIFTOFF! ISRO LVM-3 BlueBird-6 Launch | 1:00
The Launch Pad | 716K subscribers | 4,824 views | December 24, 2025
The crew of the International Space Station sends down their holiday greetings. Credit: NASAHappy Holidays from the International Space Station
- 'With our space family' | 3:27
VideoFromSpace | 2.05M subscribers | 4,634 views | December 24, 202
For more Indian telephone scams ?
AST Space Mobile is an intriguing company and amazing tech.
They just happened to use these guys for a launch.
Look em up!
AST Space Mobile is a Midland Texas based company.
They are the direct competitor to Starlink Direct2Cell technology.
This sat bird is the largest antenna in LEO by a large margin it can put down 4km or smaller spot beams with gigabit level spectrum in the S,C,and L bands the same ones regular smartphones use.
Broadband 5G to ordinary smartphones everywhere all the time. As in 200+ Mbps anywhere on earth it fundamentally changes the way the internet works. AI drones airborne,landbased or seabased all will have simple 5G mass produced cheap modems on them the actual size of the radios in a smartphone are 3” by 3” or smaller and weight a fee tens of grams. Most of the weight in your phone is the battery and screen. Cars also will have access via their existing 4&5G modems like Onstar on steroids with global access.
They also are going right to AT&T Firstnet for LEO, fire, DHS and every other alphabet agency to have priority access everywhere all the time regardless of terrestrial network status or traffic levels.
https://x.com/AST_SpaceMobile/status/1998090750253269367
So can have my tech job back now?
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