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

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AST SpaceMobile's first five commercial satellites have reached orbit.

The Falcon 9's first stage returned to Earth about 7.5 minutes later , making a vertical touchdown at Cape Canaveral's Landing Zone 1 .

The BlueBirds are operational satellites, the founding members of a commercial constellation designed to beam service directly to cell phones.