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SpaceX launches 5 giant BlueBird smartphone satellites for AST SpaceMobile, lands rocket (video)


The launch of AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 1-5 mission occurred early Thursday (Sept. 12) in a major leap for the smartphone broadband provider.

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