Griffin-1 will undergo environmental testing in California before traveling to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for final launch preparations.

AST SpaceMobile is building the world’s first space-based cellular broadband network designed to connect directly with ordinary, unmodified smartphones.

BlueBirds 8, 9, and 10 increased AST SpaceMobile’s larger next-generation satellites in orbit to four times their previous number.

Each next-generation BlueBird satellite has a commercial communications array of approximately 2,400 square feet, or 223 square meters, when fully unfurled in orbit.

AST SpaceMobile has an intellectual property portfolio of over 3,900 patents and patent-pending claims.

AST SpaceMobile deployed BlueBird satellites 8, 9, and 10 into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The nearly 200 Mbps link is intended to support voice calls, web browsing, and high-definition streaming video from space.

AST SpaceMobile’s spectrum strategy relies on commercial partnerships with global telecom operators.

AST SpaceMobile’s next three spacecraft, BlueBirds 11, 12, and 13, are undergoing final preparations for shipment to the Florida launch site.

AST SpaceMobile’s next-generation BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver peak data speeds of nearly 200 Mbps directly to standard smartphones.

Additional BlueBird units through BlueBird 37 are in active production and assembly at AST SpaceMobile’s 500,000-square-foot facility in Midland, Texas.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has granted AST SpaceMobile commercial authority to deploy its space-based broadband nationwide in the United States.

The BlueBirds 8, 9, and 10 launch was AST SpaceMobile’s first stacked launch.

The Spanish Order ECM/536/2026 rewrites the military reference list so that some products change classification, enter control for the first time, or leave control.

The Wassenaar Arrangement sets consensus controls on conventional arms and dual-use goods.

A European-made item can become subject to United States control under the foreign direct product rule if it incorporates United States technology or components.

The Orden ECM/536/2026 rewrites Spain's military reference list so that some items change classification, enter control for the first time, or leave control.

The EAR and ITAR are the two main U.S. export-control regimes for dual-use goods and arms traffic.

The Spanish license application form asks whether the product contains material subject to ITAR regulation.

The Spanish Order ECM/536/2026 keeps and clarifies national controls on certain encryption software and on systems for surveillance and interception of communications.

The Spanish Order ECM/536/2026 entered into force on 5 June 2026.

The Orden ECM/536/2026 entered into force on 5 June 2026.

Companies seeking the most flexible export licenses must have an internal compliance program, a responsible executive, and audit and training procedures.

The Spanish Order ECM/536/2026 updates the annexes of the Regulation approved by Royal Decree 679/2014.

Spain requires registration in the Special Register of Foreign Trade Operators before export-control operations can be carried out.

The Orden ECM/536/2026 keeps and more clearly defines Spain's national controls on certain encryption software and on communications-surveillance and interception systems.

The Orden ECM/536/2026 updates the annexes of Spain's export-control regulation under Real Decreto 679/2014.

Within the European Union, intracommunity transfers of dual-use goods can use faster licenses, including general licenses without quantity or time limits.

Exports of dual-use goods to countries outside the European Union require stricter case-by-case review and stronger end-use and end-destination safeguards.

Spain's export-control regime requires companies to be registered in the Registro Especial de Operadores de Comercio Exterior.

Spain's export-license application form asks whether the product contains ITAR-controlled material.

The European Union offers general authorizations for dual-use exports to trusted destinations after notification.

Real Decreto 679/2014 develops Ley 53/2007 on the control of foreign trade in defense and dual-use material.

The Orden ECM/536/2026 transposes the European Union's latest Common Military List into Spanish law through a delegated Commission directive from October 2025.

The Orden ECM/536/2026 eliminates Spain's parallel national control for the former missile-technology list.

The Spanish Order ECM/536/2026 eliminates parallel national control for the former missile technology list and several items of quantum computing, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and additive manufacturing.

The U.S. product foreign direct rule can subject a European-made item to U.S. control if it incorporates U.S.-origin technology or components.

The Wassenaar Arrangement and the Missile Technology Control Regime feed into the European Union dual-use regulation and the Spanish annexes that control foreign trade in dual-use and defense items.

The Wassenaar Arrangement was established in 1996 and now includes more than forty states.

The Missile Technology Control Regime monitors vectors capable of carrying dangerous payloads.

The Orden ECM/536/2026 removes duplicate Spanish national controls where the same items are already controlled by Regulation (EU) 2021/821.

Within the European Union, intracommunity transfers of dual-use items can use more flexible general licenses with no limit on quantity or time.

The Spanish Order ECM/536/2026 transposes the latest version of the European Union Common Military List into Spanish law.

The Spanish Order ECM/536/2026 removes redundant national controls where the same items are already covered by Regulation (EU) 2021/821.

Exports of dual-use items to third countries outside the European Union are subject to stricter case-by-case scrutiny and reinforced end-use and end-destination guarantees.

Operators seeking the most flexible licenses in Spain must have an internal compliance program, a responsible senior manager, and audit and training procedures.

Royal Decree 679/2014 develops Law 53/2007 on the control of the foreign trade of defense and dual-use material.

The European Space Agency is examining ways to increase launch rates of Ariane 6.

The European Space Agency is assessing what it would take to increase Ariane 6 launch cadence to 15 missions or more per year before 2030.

ExPace’s Kuaizhou-11 launch vehicle launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17 at 11:58 am China Standard Time.