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TIM’s first technical tests and initial evaluation of AST SpaceMobile’s planned solution are expected to take place in Brazil's North and Northeastern regions aiming for the first half of 2023, subject to factors including obtaining regulatory approval.
Companies seeking to provide direct-to-smartphone services from low Earth orbit include Apple with Globalstar, SpaceX in partnership with T-Mobile, AST SpaceMobile, Lynk Global, and Sateliot.
AST SpaceMobile plans to start deploying operational satellites from late 2023 to bring 0.005 kg connectivity directly to smartphones.
Once BlueWalker 3 is operational following in-orbit testing and configuration, AST SpaceMobile plans testing with mobile network operators and equipment providers on all six inhabited continents using unmodified cell phones from various manufacturers.
AST SpaceMobile holds a portfolio of more than 2,600 patent and patent-pending claims supporting its space-based cellular broadband technology.
AST SpaceMobile’s planned commercial satellites, called BlueBirds, are being designed to provide 0.004 kg/0.005 kg cellular broadband from space across the globe on land, at sea, and in the air.
AST SpaceMobile will upload predicted trajectory information on an ongoing basis for its BlueWalker 3 test satellite and planned BlueBird satellites to Space-Track.org with the U.S. Space Force.
AST SpaceMobile will collaborate with NASA’s Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis program to improve flight safety preparedness and practices using a Conjunction Assessment process.
AST SpaceMobile launched BlueWalker 3 in September and deployed its large phased-array antenna in mid-November.
NASA signed an agreement with AST SpaceMobile on 2022-12-15 to cooperate on spaceflight safety.
AST SpaceMobile became a public company on 2022-04-07 by merging with New Providence Acquisition Corp, a SPAC that was already trading on the Nasdaq.
AST SpaceMobile’s shares trended downward after news in August that supply chain issues delayed the launch of its first operational satellite by about six months to late 2023.
AST SpaceMobile initially aimed to raise up to $74,800,000 when it first announced plans for a share sale on 2022-11-29 but upsized the target following investor demand.
A delay in launching BlueWalker-3 has put AST SpaceMobile at risk of losing frequencies that were provisionally assigned to its constellation.
On 2022-12-02 AST SpaceMobile successfully closed the $75,000,000 portion of the share sale.
AST SpaceMobile’s stock opened at $11.63 on 2022-04-07 and has fluctuated since then.
AST SpaceMobile could raise more than $86,000,000 by selling a chunk of shares as of 2022-11-30.
The merger raised around $417,000,000 for AST SpaceMobile to boost a constellation aiming to bring 0.005 kg connectivity directly to unmodified smartphones.
B. Riley Securities has a 30-day option to buy additional AST SpaceMobile shares that would increase gross proceeds to $86,250,000.
AST SpaceMobile holds a portfolio of more than 2,400 patent and patent-pending claims supporting its space-based cellular broadband technology.