Built Differently.
Engineering at scale unfolded in orbit.
This is cellular broadband from space.
BlueBird 10 has successfully deployed in low Earth orbit. Adding another of the world's largest communications array - the size of a tennis court - to our growing constellation.
BlueBirds 8 and 9 are next.
Engineered for broadband connectivity to everyday smartphones. No special hardware. No modifications. Cellular broadband from space. 🌎📶📱🇺🇸
#ASTSpaceMobile #Broadband #ConnectingtheUnconnected #BlueBirds
Tobias "Toby" Forsythe was just 21, a star goalie for the UMass Lowell soccer team with his whole life ahead of him. On Sunday, his life was stolen.
A massive semi-truck driven by Bekhzod Asrarov rammed the back of Toby’s car on I-71 in Madison County, Ohio, killing him instantly.
At the crash scene, the truck driver ripped out his dash cam and hid it in his pocket. He failed his English language proficiency test and state troopers had to use Google Translate to talk to him.
We cannot let truckers like Asrarov, who can't read our road signs or speak to law enforcement, drive 80,000-pound rigs on America’s highways.
I am praying for Toby's family and loved ones after this horrible loss. We will never stop fighting to keep these dangerous truck drivers OFF THE ROAD so no other parents have to endure this unimaginable grief.
$ASTS: Want to build the world’s first and only true broadband constellation that works with existing everyday mobile phones over cellular spectrum?
Technology developed on first principles matters 🤷♂️
🚨#BREAKING: A 28-year-old confirms he has spent the last 10 YEARS of his life interviewing World War II combat veterans to keep their stories alive...
...in fact, for the last 10 years, he has interviewed World War 2 veterans EVERY SINGLE DAY
He started as a teenager, ditching school to ride his BIKE to the local retirement home, walking up to the front desk and asking to, "meet some World War II heroes."
His name is Rishi Sharma.
He's crossed all 50 states and half the world.
He's slept in his car and lived on gas-station food to afford it.
He asks these men for hours of their memories, and then he hands the entire recording to their families...
...FOR FREE
So that 200 years from now, a great-great-grandchild will know not just their hero's name, but how he laughed, how he cried, and what he sacrificed.
Rishi has no military family, his parents immigrated here from India.
He does it out of pure gratitude.
In his words:
"My parents were given the opportunity to immigrate and raise a family because of veterans like these. It's a debt of love I'll spend my entire life trying to repay..."
As one 100-year-old Marine who stormed Iwo Jima told him, remembering the flag going up:
"The hair on my arms still stands up when I think about how beautiful it was."
THAT is America.
250 years of ordinary people doing extraordinary things...
God bless our veterans. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
🚨 JUST IN: Pennsylvania Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro DENIED creating a Great American State Fair booth in DC for PA — so Sens. John Fetterman (D) and Dave McCormick (R) did it themselves
Now Pennsylvania has a booth and it's LIVELY!
Shame on Josh Shapiro!
MCCORMICK: "It said PA wouldn't participate, the governor didn't want to use tax dollars and couldn't find ANY businesses to support it."
"So I called Sen. Fetterman and said, 'this can't stand.' Pennsylvania, the history of America runs right through Pennsylvania!"
"So Fetterman jumped on board and said, yes, we're gonna do this! And businesses came out of the woodwork!"
"They were absolutely enthusiastic about getting behind this...being a patriot is not a Republican or Democratic thing, despite our differences!"
AWESOME! 🇺🇸
📽️ @ZitoSalena
Successful launch!🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
All satellites were captured within minutes and already orbiting Earth with all systems nominal.
Congratulations to the incredible AST SpaceMobile team! 250Y U.S.A. 🌎📶 🤠