AST SpaceMobile is a publicly traded satellite designer and manufacturer headquartered in Midland, Texas, focused on building a space-based cellular broadband network. Their SpaceMobile network aims to connect directly to standard, unmodified smartphones via their constellation of low Earth orbit satellites, like the BlueBird series. AST SpaceMobile partners with mobile network operators like AT&T, Verizon, and Vodafone to expand cellular coverage and provide connectivity in underserved areas, also securing contracts with the U.S. government for secure and reliable connectivity.
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AST SpaceMobile plans to launch its BlueWalker 3 satellite for testing in early to mid-September from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
AST SpaceMobile plans to deploy approximately 100 satellites to achieve substantial global mobile coverage.
AST SpaceMobile aims to deploy approximately 100 satellites to achieve substantial global mobile coverage.
AST SpaceMobile plans to launch the BlueWalker 3 satellite for testing in early to mid-September from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
AST SpaceMobile will launch its BlueWalker 3 test satellite later 2022 to begin global testing with mobile network operators on six continents.
AST SpaceMobile will conduct testing worldwide with leading mobile network operators using BlueWalker 3 while leveraging Nokia's ground-based technology solutions.
Nokia’s AirScale Single RAN equipment is intended to enable AST SpaceMobile to provide mobile services to new and existing subscribers in regions not served by terrestrial communication networks.
AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard 0.004 kg or 0.005 kg mobile devices.
AST SpaceMobile is developing a constellation aimed at providing high-speed connectivity services directly to smartphones.
AST SpaceMobile is building a global cellular broadband network in space designed to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices based on the company’s IP and patent portfolio.
AST SpaceMobile expects SpaceX to launch the BlueWalker 3 test satellite for its cellphone-compatible constellation in the week of 2022-08-15.
SpaceX is slated to launch AST SpaceMobile’s first commercial BlueBird satellite in 2023.
AST SpaceMobile aims to have deployed 110 BlueBird satellites by the end of 2024 to provide substantial mobile coverage.
InMotion Holdings, LLC, a company owned by AST SpaceMobile’s chief executive Abel Avellan, will receive 7,700,000 EUR for options it has to acquire NanoAvionics shares.
AST SpaceMobile reported having $255,100,000 in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash on hand at the end of the first quarter of 2022.
AST SpaceMobile expects to receive 27,000,000 EUR for the NanoAvionics shares it is selling.
AST SpaceMobile reached an agreement with B. Riley Principal Capital to sell up to $75,000,000 in AST stock over two years to provide additional funding.
AST SpaceMobile created a satellite factory in Midland, Texas to build spacecraft for a constellation to provide satellite telephony services.
AST SpaceMobile acquired a 51% stake in NanoAvionics in 2018.
The Federal Communications Commission granted AST SpaceMobile an experimental license to test BlueWalker 3 satellite-to-phone connectivity in the United States at sites in Texas and Hawaii.