# The Cell Tower That Could Make Dead Zones Disappear

- slug: the-cell-tower-that-could-make-dead-zones-disappear
- date: 2026-04-18
- category: Space & Aerospace

BlueBird 7 is carrying a 2,400-square-foot antenna into orbit — the largest communications array ever deployed in low-Earth orbit. If AST SpaceMobile direct-to-device broadband works at scale, dead zones go quiet. If it does not, so does a $2.22B debt load on a physics bet.

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