$ASTS: Real-time short interest of AST SpaceMobile still at all time highs. Tick tock, tick tock.
5/25: 67.1M
5/22: 66.9M
5/21: 65.6M
5/20: 68.3M
5/19: 68.3M
5/18: 68.8M
5/15: 69.3M
A BlueBird convoy is officially underway.
Two BlueBirds are already making their way to Cape Canaveral, with the third close behind.
Next stop: the launch pad.ย ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
Built in Texas. Broadband from space. Designed to connect directly to everyday smartphones.๐๐ถ๐ฑ
#ASTSpaceMobile #Broadband #ConnectingtheUnconnected #BlueBirds
If your $ASTS thesis hasnโt changed in the last 48 hours, you are driving while looking exclusively in the rearview mirror.
The mid-May 2026 macro environment just delivered a dual paradigm shift that rewrites the entire SatCom playbook. Let's break it down.
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Announcement: Mid-June launch of three Bluebird satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
32 next-generation satellites at advanced stages of assembly to be ready for launch.
Network deployment with a launch every one to two months on average.
Space-based cellular broadband. Built in Texas.
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#ASTSpaceMobile #Broadband #ConnectingtheUnconnected #BlueBirds
FCC Grants AST SpaceMobile Commercial Authority to Deliver Direct-to-Device Cellular Broadband from Space Advancing Nationwide, Resilient Cellular Broadband Connectivity in the United States
https://t.co/z5MFyMrnTs
The first stage was nominal, and the booster came back beautifully. We separated and turned on as expected, but the launch vehicle second stage did not place BlueBird 7 on its intended orbit. We are on Satellite 32 and plan to ship BB8 to 10 in approximately 30 days and continue to target ~ 45 satellites in orbit this year.
The mission is in motion. ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
New Glenn fairing on the move to final vehicle integration. Carrying AST SpaceMobile 2,400 sq. ft. BlueBird 7, the largest ever class of commercial satellites in LEO. ๐๐ถ ๐ฑ
#ASTSpaceMobile#Broadband#BlueOrigin #ConnectingtheUnconnected #BlueBirds
Look what rolled in this morning! The payload fairing for New Glenn's third launch just arrived at the Integration Facility at LC-36 with @AST_SpaceMobile's BlueBird satellite safely secured inside.
BlueBird 7 - ENCAPSULATED. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
BB7ย is encapsulated within @blueorigin's New Glenn launchย vehicle and preparing for its journey to low Earth orbit, marking the formal handoff from AST SpaceMobile.
Next stop: the launch pad.
Yet another step in scaling the first space-based cellular broadband network built to connect directly with standard smartphones.
Now we are deploying the constellation designed to connect nearly 6 billion mobile users worldwide. ๐๐ถ๐ฑ
2,400 square feet phased- array. 3,800 patent and patent pending claims. 50+ partners. Enabling 120 Mbps. peak data rates.
We did not follow a market. We invented one.
The mission continues.
#ASTSpaceMobile #SpaceTech #Broadband #BlueOrigin #connectingtheunconnected #BlueBirds
@CatSE___ApeX___ AST announced two new manufacturing sites in Texas and Florida in November - perhaps the additional production capacity is needed for these shells/constellations?