SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying three BlueBird satellites for AST SpaceMobile. The mission supports a space-based cellular broadband network. Company posts showed the rocket lifting off at night with telemetry data. SpaceX later confirmed that all three satellites had been deployed into orbit. The first stage booster then landed on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas. Venture capitalist Garry Tan noted the satellites enable direct-to-phone broadband without ground towers. The posts include video of the launch and landing sequences.