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BlueWalker 1

retired
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Launched 4/1/2019
Technical Specifications
Verified technical details
Dry Mass
10 kg
Total Mass
10 kg
Power
Unknown
Design Life
Unknown
Stakeholders

Operator

Kongsberg NanoAvionics

Manufacturer

Kongsberg NanoAvionics
Launch Mission

EMISAT

4/1/2019

Entity Mentions
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AST SpaceMobile's SEC filing states BlueWalker 1 was launched on April 1, 2019 to validate the satellite-to-cellular architecture and 4G-LTE protocol handling from LEO.

Mentioned as: BlueWalker 1SourceFeb 4, 2026

BlueWalker 1, AST SpaceMobile’s first in-house test satellite, was launched in April 2019 to validate the company’s satellite-to-cellular architecture using the 0.004 kg-LTE protocol.

Mentioned as: BlueWalker 1SourceMay 3, 2022