here's why you should be excited about spacex's latest launch it's a really big deal on September 12th SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying five Bluebird satellites these satellites built by as spacemobile aimed to provide direct mobile phone service around the globe bypassing traditional satellite internet providers like Starling each Bluebird satellite has a massive antenna spanning over 690 Square ft this launch is just the beginning of as space mobile ambitious plan to deploy 168 satellites however astronomers are worried about light pollution which could make it harder to see space will the competition between as space mobile and SpaceX lead to amazing new technology or create new problems only time will tell