The largest-ever commercial communications satellite spans 693 square feet [TechSpot]

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According to AST SpaceMobile, BW3 is the largest-ever commercial communications array deployed in low Earth orbit. Fully unfurled, it spans 693 square feet and is expected to have a field of view of more than 300,000 square miles of the Earth’s surface. The satellite circles our planet roughly every 90 minutes.