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SpaceX to launch AST SpaceMobile BlueBird satellites, “each the largest communications array ever deployed in low Earth orbit”

(NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard smartphones designed for both commercial and government use, today provided an interim business update. The […]

AST SpaceMobile’s satellites arrive at Cape Canaveral for upcoming launch

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS) has announced that the firm’s first five commercial satellites, called BlueBirds, have arrived in Cape Canaveral, Florida, ahead of the planned orbital launch […]

FCC approves AST SpaceMobile’s 1st commercial satellite launch

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) has announced that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted an initial license for space-based operations in the United States. With this initial license, […]

AST SpaceMobile completes first five commercial satellites now ready to ship in August

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), building space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, successfully completed its first five Bluebirds commercial satellites. […]

Advanced Television reports… AST SpaceMobile to launch satellites this August

Advanced Television is reporting that a formal notice from AST SpaceMobile stated the company is still targeting an August launch of a batch of their massive ‘Block 1’ BlueBird 5G […]

AST SpaceMobile CEO’s letter to partners, shareholders, and future space-based cellular broadband network users

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, and designed for both commercial and government […]

AT&T + AST SpaceMobile announce definitive commercial agreement

AT&T and AST SpaceMobile have entered a definitive commercial agreement to provide a space-based broadband network direct to everyday cell phones — this agreement extends until 2030. Previously the companies […]

Forrester’s Digest: Intelsat + FAST channels — Iridium — AST SpaceMobile — SpaceX

Intelsat has said that FAST channels (Free Ad-Supported Television) are booming worldwide and are disrupting traditional video consumption. According to Kantar, FAST is the quickest-growing, streaming option in the U.S., […]