AST SpaceMobile confirmed this week plans to launch its BlueWalker 3 satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida the week of August 15, 2022. BlueWalker 3 is designed to test cellular broadband communications directly with standard mobile phones, AST SpaceMobile said.
The company announced in May that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had cleared AST SpaceMobile to test the satellite. The FCC license grants AST SpaceMobile permission to test the satellite, though the FCC has not yet granted the company a commercial operating license as a carrier.
