AST (SpaceMobile)

• Any additional capital the venture secures would not bring forward the current timeline for deploying its first five revenue-generating BlueBird satellites in late 2023, he said.
• AST SpaceMobile had previously planned to deploy 20 BlueBirds by the third quarter of 2023 before pandemic-related production issues took hold. 
• As part of efforts to reduce the impact of these delays, the company said in August that its first five BlueBirds, known as Block 1, will be 50% smaller than initially planned — now roughly the same size and weight as the 1,500-kilogram BlueWalker-3.
• These satellites, known as Block 1, are now slated to launch in the first quarter of 2024 to low Earth orbit. The Texas-based company said it is actively talking with several launch providers to begin deploying 20 full-sized BlueBird satellites in Block 2 later in 2024.

• NASA objected for the first time due to large 900 m^2 satellites, but size has been reduced as of 2022.
• Satellite-to-smartphone broadband company AST & Science to go public through a SPAC
• AST SpaceMobile,has signed a multi-launch agreement with SpaceX. In addition to the planned summer launch of the BlueWalker 3 test satellite (BW3), the agreement covers the launch of the first BlueBird satellite and provides a framework for future launches.
• Support a target production rate of up to six BlueBird satellites per month.
• Venture Investing ($ASTS): B. Riley Initiation,
• Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile Unveil Launch Plans for Space-Based Mobile Network Initially Reaching 1.6 Billion People.
• BlueWalker 3 Satellite's Assembly, Launch, and Deployment, 2022-11-22.
• AST SpaceMobile searching for funds to accelerate constellation.
• AST SpaceMobile plots $86 million share sale.
• The launch of the first commercial satellites in AST SpaceMobile’s cellphone-compatible broadband constellation has slipped into 2024, the company said March 31 2023 as it disclosed rising costs for developing the network, SpaceNews, 2023-03-31.
• AST SpaceMobile said in August that the cost for each Block 2 satellite had increased by about 14% to $16 million as inflation and rising supply chain prices weighed on the company. In the March 31 regulatory filing, it said costs had risen to between $16 million and $18 million per Block 2 satellite.
• AST SpaceMobile has fully funded its first five commercial satellites slated to launch with SpaceX early next year after raising $115 million in debt, the low Earth orbit direct-to-device startup said Aug. 14, 2023. SpaceNews, 2023-08-14.
• Google and AT&T join $155 million AST SpaceMobile investment, SpaceNews, 2024-01-19.
• AST SpaceMobile Announces New Contract Award with United States Government Through Prime Contractor, 2023-02-08.
• AST SpaceMobile stock surges 69%, its best day ever, after Verizon satellite internet deal, 2024-05-29.

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