AST SpaceMobile, a startup with plans for a direct-to-cellphone satellite service constellation, has chosen Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket to launch some of its next-gen satellites.

AST SpaceMobile will use Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket to launch some of the satellites for its cellular broadband network in 2025 and 2026.

Jeff Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin has signed a multi-launch deal with satellite communication company AST Spacemobile to deploy the company's direct-to-cellular satellites "over a multi-year period" using Blue's New Glenn rocket,

AST SpaceMobile selected Blue Origin's New Glenn together with existing launch vehicles to launch next generation BlueBird satellites from Cape Canaveral. More inside.

Blue Origin now has a rocket nearly in one piece as it mated the first and second stages this week of what will be the first ever New Glenn launch from Cape Canaveral.

Blue Origin hauled the immense first stage booster for its upcoming debut launch of its New Glenn rocket to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 30th.

AST SpaceMobile Inc., which aims to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the nascent market for space-based cellular service to mobile phones, has signed contracts with SpaceX and Jeff Bezos-founded Blue Origin to launch dozens of its satellites into orbit.