SpaceX’s Starlink has managed to launch 349 of its Direct-To-Cellular (D2C) satellites in less than a year. While this is an admirable achievement the fleet is currently only able to […]
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AST SpaceMobile establishes a commercial agreement with Vodafone through 2034
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by smartphones, commercial and government applications, and Vodafone Group Plc (LSE: VOD), a European […]
CBC: Canadian province of Ontario is purchasing capacity on Starlink
According to the CBC, the government of the province of Ontario, Canada, is partnering with Starlink to provide high-speed internet access for 15,000 customers, both businesses and rural in rural, […]
AST SpaceMobile selects Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket to deliver BlueBird satellites to space
Blue Origin now has a multi-launch agreement (MLA) to deliver multiple, next-generation, AST SpaceMobile Block 2 BlueBird satellites to LEO on New Glenn— all launches will occur over a multi-year […]
AST SpaceMobile completes the unfolding of their 1st Five commercial satellites in LEO
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS) has reported the successful unfolding of its first five commercial satellites, BlueBirds 1-5. With this significant post-launch technical activity now complete, ahead of […]
SpaceX sends BlueBirds flying as AST SpaceMobile’s largest satellite communications array launches in low Earth orbit
On Thursday, September 12 at 4:52 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 1-5 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force […]
SpaceX sends off second launch on Thursday, this one is 21 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell
Despite the curtain of overcast California skies SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully sent off 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex […]
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, […]
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 […]