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During 2024, AST SpaceMobile received new contract awards with the United States Government directly and through prime contractors.
AST SpaceMobile described its satellites as the largest-ever to operate commercially in low Earth orbit with a large field of view enabling most countries to be served with only one or two gateways.
AST SpaceMobile went public on the NASDAQ in 2021 by merging with a special purpose acquisition company.
AST SpaceMobile has five satellites on orbit and plans to launch another 17 satellites in stages over the next few months.
AST SpaceMobile deployed the largest commercial phased array communications arrays ever launched in low Earth orbit on BlueBirds 1-5.
Starting next year, AST SpaceMobile plans to deploy Block 2 BlueBirds with 10 gigahertz of processing bandwidth per satellite.
AST SpaceMobile plans to launch as many satellites as it builds in 2025.
AST SpaceMobile has licenses to test wireless frequencies from the five BlueBirds in other countries where it plans to deploy services.
AST SpaceMobile raised $417,000,000 from merging with a SPAC in 2021.
AST SpaceMobile raised $417,000,000 in 2021 by listing on the stock market via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company.
Verizon plans to invest $100,000,000 in AST SpaceMobile.
BlueWalker-3 was launched under a government contract two years before AST SpaceMobile recorded its first commercial revenue from the constellation.
AST SpaceMobile raised $417,000,000 in 2021 through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).
AST SpaceMobile recorded $500,000 in revenue for the three months ending 2024-03-31, marking its first commercial revenue from the constellation.
AST oversaw 17 operations in March 2024, breaking the previous monthly record of 13 operations.
AST SpaceMobile received three non-binding letters of interest for export credit agency funding as it aims to deploy up to 45 satellites by the end of 2026.
AST SpaceMobile secured a contract to launch its first Block 2 BlueBird satellite between December and March.
AST SpaceMobile raised $155,000,000 from AT&T and other investors in January.
Rakuten’s mobile operator business plans to launch a satellite-to-mobile broadband service with AST SpaceMobile in Japan from 2026.
AST SpaceMobile raised $155,000,000 from Google, AT&T, and Vodafone in January ahead of plans to deploy its first commercial low Earth orbit satellites early in 2024 for a direct-to-smartphone service.