🚨 7+7M NATIONWIDE EX $T-MUS SPECTRUM IS HEADING $ASTS WAY, $T-MUS TO FOLLOW🚨
July 1: FCC approves T-Mobile → Grain 800 MHz spectrum deal
July 2: AST SpaceMobile files both SAT (DL) and SES (Handets) STAs to test the band
AST didn’t wait around. Filed the very next day.
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Jeff Bezos Blue Origin is reportedly raising outside capital for the first time seeking $10B at a $130B pre-money valuation.
This is very bullish for $RKLB which still trades around a $48B market cap as one of the few pure-play space infrastructure names.
Mission success for VICTUS HAZE! 🚀🎯
We’ve officially completed the @usspaceforce@ussf_ssc primary mission which saw Rocket Lab build a high performance spacecraft, deliver rapid call-up launch on Electron, and conduct complex on-orbit rendezvous and proximity operations - all ahead of schedule.
⏱️ Launch: Lifted off with just 16h 42m notice - the fastest response ever for a TacRS mission (beating previous record by 10 hours).
🛰️ Commissioning: Activated our Pioneer spacecraft in 38 hours (30 hours ahead of deadline).
📸 RPO Operations: Tracked, approached, and photographed the target satellite in under 59 hours (25 hours ahead of deadline).
When this guy says EU will allow ”Cooperative D2D”. He is also saying they will not allow Uncooperative D2D.
This is European leading regulator rolling out a red carpet for $ASTS mutualistic concept and slamming the door shut at SlinkMobile
Also said spectrum will go to MNOs.
$ASTS: 🚨🛰️ AST SPACEMOBILE ACHIEVES SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY OF 9.89 BPS/HZ ON LOWBAND SPECTRUM
SpaceMob had previously estimated that AST SpaceMobile satellites could reach spectral efficiency of ~4bps/Hz
Guillaume Lebrun, Head of Regulatory Satellite Connect Europe (AST SpaceMobile's European JV), disclosed that recent Block-1 satellite testing achieved 98.9Mbps download speeds on only 10MHz of spectrum - a surprising and technologically astonishing feat
Phased Array SIZE MATTERS™️
Execution in Motion
BlueBird 11 is on its way from Midland to Cape Canaveral ahead of next month's orbital launch.
BlueBirds 12 and 13 will follow soon. 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
Production continues through BlueBird 38 in Texas.
Build. Ship. Launch. Repeat.
Execution at scale. 🌎📶📱🇺🇲
#ASTSpaceMobile #Broadband #ConnectingtheUnconnected #BlueBirds
Triplets🛰️🛰️🛰️ & Falcons 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
The $ASTS triplets spaced in RAAN 60 degres from the february 2025 US ITU filing was still there when SPACEMOBILE constellation was expanded in march 2026 equation by reintroducing equatorial and 40 degree shells.
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$ASTS: Huge if true.
BB6 unfolded in 49 days after launch.
Today is Day 17 after launch for BB8-10.
For comparison:
+ BW3 unfolded in ~2 months after launch.
+ BB1-5 unfolded in 3 weeks for the fastest and 6 weeks for the slowest, after launch.
$ASTS: 🚨🇯🇵 JAPAN'S CIAJ HAS PUBLISHED NEW DETAILS FOR THE J-LEO PROGRAM
CIAJ has published a new implementation manual for Japan’s J-LEO program, providing the clearest official detail yet on how the RAST/Rakuten satellite project will be funded. The manual confirms a maximum subsidy of ¥148 billion, with government support capped at 50% of eligible pre-tax project costs.
Eligible expenses include communications satellites, satellite and ground antenna components, ground facilities, launch services, launch insurance, satellite transport and storage, regulatory procedures tied to launch, and initial satellite testing. This confirms that the subsidy can directly support most of the core infrastructure needed to deploy the constellation.
The 50% cap implies that the overall eligible project budget could approach roughly ¥296 billion if the full subsidy is used. That would make J-LEO a much larger program than the headline subsidy alone suggests and could support substantial satellite procurement, launch activity, and domestic ground infrastructure.
The manual still does not disclose the final approved grant amount, number of satellites, launch schedule, RAST ownership structure, financing plan, or the amount of revenue that may ultimately flow to AST SpaceMobile. Those details will likely come through the final grant decision, Rakuten/RAST disclosures, or an AST filing or press release.
PDF: https://t.co/rK86DB1mj7
$ASTS: This secures all 3 of the Top 3 MNOs in Spain
The broader Spanish mobile market totals around 62 million active lines.
✅ @orange ~41.3% share
https://t.co/zoPVf2pXvH
✅ Movistar (@Telefonica) ~26.2% share
https://t.co/Vlfmgtk4x3
✅ Vodafone Spain ~18.7% share
https://t.co/Pr6vtq4PUL