Communications & ground segment
AST SpaceMobile
AST SpaceMobile develops a satellite network for direct mobile-phone broadband and plans the Blacklift launcher.
- Satellite communications
- Direct to device
- Satellite manufacturing
- Low earth orbit
- Launch vehicles
- Space industry
- International space
- Space companies
- Aerospace
- Ground segment
AST SpaceMobile is a Texas-based satellite communications company developing BlueBird satellites for broadband connections to standard mobile phones. Its quarterly filing describes satellite assembly, integration and testing in Texas and a business operated through AST & Science, LLC. Reuters independently identifies the company and its satellite network, and reported its engine agreement for the proposed Blacklift rocket.
Milestones
- 19 April 2026
Its quarterly filing records the loss of BlueBird 7 after the launch vehicle placed it into an orbit too low to sustain operations.[1] - 06 November 2026
Signed agreements with Firefly Aerospace for engines and manufacturing rights for the planned Blacklift rocket.[2]
Sources
Coverage of AST SpaceMobile
Industry
AST SpaceMobile signs Firefly engine deal for Blacklift rocket
Firefly estimates the milestone-dependent cash-and-stock transaction at about $1.3 billion; AST targets a reusable launcher for late 2028.
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