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AST SPACEMOBILE HAS ORDERS PLACED TO ENABLE THE MANUFACTURING OF 90 BLUEBIRDS 🧇 That's a lot of space waffles! $ASTS

The moment Tarik Skubal lost $500 million dollars

$ASTS Today, April 19, 2026, Blue Origin has successfully placed BlueBird 7 into low Earth orbit with its New Glenn rocket on the NG-3 mission. This is not just another launch—it is a technical and strategic milestone that decisively accelerates the construction of the first space-based cellular broadband network, accessible directly from conventional smartphones without modification. BlueBird 7, the second satellite of the Block 2 generation, has been precisely injected into its target orbit. In the coming weeks, it will proceed with the deployment of its approximately 2,400-square-foot communications array, along with the activation of its beamforming system and integration testing with partner networks. This Block 2 satellite offers up to 10 times the capacity of BlueBirds 1–5, with peak speeds exceeding 120 Mbps and full support for voice, data, and 4G/5G video. Its arrival strengthens operational scalability: following BlueBirds 1–5 and the successful deployment of BlueBird 6, the supply chain, integration, and launch execution are consolidating with multiple providers (Blue Origin, SpaceX, ISRO, and one yet to be announced), diversifying risk and improving cadence as more frequent launches by Blue Origin become viable. From an investor’s perspective, this event meaningfully de-risks the investment thesis. The market $ASTS is targeting remains historically vast: billions of mobile users in areas with limited or no coverage, operators seeking differentiation without massive terrestrial infrastructure capex, and government and defense applications demanding resilient connectivity. Each Block 2 satellite entering service multiplies demonstrable commercial capacity and brings closer the moment when recurring revenues from agreements with AT&T, Verizon, and other global partners begin to materialize. But beyond the numbers, this launch represents something deeper. $ASTS is addressing one of the most persistent inequalities of our era: access to high-quality connectivity. By bringing cellular internet to the last mile—both literally and metaphorically—the company is not only generating economic value; it is contributing to the democratization of knowledge, commerce, and opportunity in regions that have long been underserved. In a world increasingly dependent on connectivity for inclusive growth, this constellation represents critical infrastructure for the 21st century. As an investor in $ASTS , I celebrate this success because it reinforces the conviction that we are looking at one of the few space companies with a clear path to profitability and global impact. Execution remains key—regulatory, operational, and financial—but each milestone like today reduces uncertainty and increases visibility into future cash flows. The journey continues. The constellation expands. The vision becomes reality. Congratulations to the AST SpaceMobile team, Blue Origin, and everyone making this space-based revolution possible.

$ASTS Abel during launch speech: “BB7 will be able to exceed 150MB per second (increase from 120MB+) and also serve very special applications for the US government for which I am sure you heard about.”👀

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BLUEBIRD 7 IS IN ORBIT AND TURNED ON ✅️ Appears there was a slight anomaly though as it hasn't ended up in nominal orbit. $ASTS

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@brewmarkets $ASTS is their largest holding atm but their SpaceX stake will almost certainly be larger when ipo.

Fun fact: Google owns 7% of SpaceX and 14% of Anthropic.

BLUE ORIGIN LANDS THE BOOSTER 🤯 Incredible scenes as Never Tell Me The Odds lands for a second time 🚀 $ASTS

Algunos afirman que las imágenes de Apollo parecen falsas porque, si se acelera el video, los astronautas se mueven como en la Tierra. Sin embargo, el detalle clave está en el polvo lunar: cuando se levanta, cae en trayectorias parabólicas perfectas, sin dispersarse ni formar nubes que queden suspendidas. Eso solo es posible en un vacío (sin aire que frene las partículas) y con la baja gravedad de la Luna (~1/6 de la terrestre). En la Tierra, aunque aceleres o ralentices el video, el polvo se comportaría de forma muy diferente por la resistencia del aire. Este comportamiento del polvo es una de las pruebas más fuertes de que las grabaciones se hicieron realmente en la Luna.

Happy Easter Everyone! WOOOOO!

Kevin McGonigle is just the 6th player since 1900 to tally 4 hits in his MLB debut on #OpeningDay!

it's time

How unique is Kevin McGonigle? Fangraphs allows you to go back to 2006 on their Minor League leaderboards. Filtering by all players 20 or younger to have 200+ PA in AA, Kevin McGonigle is the ONLY one with a BB% of at least 16% and K% under 15% (his was 12.6%). Ridiculous.

$ASTS: And just like that 🫰 AST SpaceMobile has locked up 65% of the North American Market 🇺🇸 AT&T 🇺🇸 Verizon 🇨🇦 Bell 🇨🇦 Telus

ITU ASSIGNS AST SPACEMOBILE A GLOBAL MOBILE NETWORK CODE 🔥 Phones and mobile operators can now recognize $ASTS as a real mobile network, not just an experimental system. Thanks for the post @intalia51 and great find @DaMadMonk_ and @RocketTank123

Long live Hoss. The greatest outlaw in country music history.

Tarik Skubal, Justin Verlander, Framber Valdez and Jack Flaherty getting loose in Lakeland. Who saw this coming a week ago??

It was at this moment, that the bears realize they f-ed up. The final technical unlock has occurred. $ASTS.

$ASTS: 🚨 AST SPACEMOBILE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES UNFOLDING OF BLUEBIRD 6, THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS ARRAY ANTENNA EVER DEPLOYED IN LOW EARTH ORBIT BlueBird 6 is the largest ever commercial communications array deployed in low Earth orbit, designed to support cellular broadband peak data speeds of up to 120 Mbps MIDLAND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, today announced the successful unfolding of its next-generation BlueBird 6 satellite. BlueBird 6 features the largest commercial communications array antenna ever deployed in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Spanning approximately 2,400 square feet, the satellite is engineered to support peak data speeds of up to 120 Mbps with plans to deliver up to ten times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird 1-5 series. The aperture enables full 4G and 5G cellular broadband services, including voice, data, and video to standard, unmodified smartphones everywhere. The company is on track to launch 45–60 satellites by the end of 2026, with launches planned every one or two months on average. The performance of BlueBird 6 is driven by several major breakthroughs in space-based architecture. The massive antenna array significantly allows the satellite to reliably transmit and receive signals from standard handheld devices. Furthermore, the large aperture enables highly precise beamforming, creating narrower, more focused coverage areas. This precision minimizes interference, maximizes network capacity, and ensures consistent, high-quality user experience for cellular broadband services, including voice, data, and video. "BlueBird 6 is the result of specialized American manufacturing combined with world-class engineering ingenuity," said Abel Avellan, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of AST SpaceMobile. "We are not just building satellites; we built a new way to manufacture innovative space technology at scale, and we have cultivated a highly skilled workforce capable of operating at the frontier of aerospace and telecommunications. These teams are contributing directly to developing unprecedented capabilities that will change how the world connects in a market we invented. We have developed a unique design and a proprietary process, and we are building the future of connectivity right here at home." This milestone represents years of innovation and proprietary engineering, supported by more than 3,800 patent and patent pending claims, and is yet another step in the Company’s execution of its commercial roadmap, validating its differentiated, vertically integrated manufacturing and technology platform. The company operates nearly 500,000 square feet of manufacturing and operations facilities and employs a workforce of nearly 1,800 people. The company is 95% vertically integrated, maintaining strict United States control over the manufacturing process. AST SpaceMobile has agreements with over 50 mobile network operators globally with nearly 3 billion subscribers combined and strategic partnerships with AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Rakuten, Google, American Tower, Bell and stc Group. About AST SpaceMobile AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only global cellular broadband network in space to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices based on our extensive IP and patent portfolio, and designed for both commercial and government applications. Our engineers and space scientists are on a mission to enable 4G and 5G space-based cellular broadband to every device, everywhere, for today’s nearly 6 billion mobile subscribers globally. For more information, follow AST SpaceMobile on YouTube, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn and Facebook. Watch this video for an overview of the SpaceMobile mission. businesswire.com/news/home/2026…