I'm getting closer to making a trade that I haven't done since July 30 of 2024. A trade that paid out 6 figures of profit. A 700-1000 contract $SPY put position. I will post when I pull the pin. The levy is going to break. The $100K question is . . . when?
AST SpaceMobile Announces Successful Orbital Launch of BlueBird 6, the Largest Commercial Communications Array Ever Deployed in Low Earth Orbit
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$ASTS: 🚨 AST SPACEMOBILE ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL ORBITAL LAUNCH OF BLUEBIRD 6, THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS ARRAY EVER DEPLOYED IN LOW EARTH ORBIT
At nearly 2,400 square feet, BlueBird 6 is over three times the size and 10x the capacity of AST SpaceMobile’s six satellites currently in orbit.
The satellite is designed to enable peak data rates of up to 120 Mbps directly to standard, unmodified mobile devices, supporting voice, full data, and video applications from space.
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 orbital launch of BlueBird 6.
The BlueBird 6 mission lifted off at 10:25 p.m. EST on December 23 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. BlueBird 6 becomes now the largest commercial communications array ever deployed in low Earth orbit, spanning nearly 2,400 square feet, three times larger than AST SpaceMobile’s previous record-breaking BlueBirds 1-5, engineered to deliver commercial and government applications, including high-speed 4G and 5G space-based cellular broadband directly to standard, unmodified smartphones, and government applications that benefit from the power, size, and patented technology of AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird spacecrafts.
“BlueBird 6 is a breakthrough moment for AST SpaceMobile,” said Abel Avellan, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of AST SpaceMobile. “This launch validates years of U.S. innovation and American manufacturing, executed by our team and marks the transition to scaled deployment. With BlueBird 6 now in orbit, we are firmly on the path to delivering true space-based cellular broadband directly to everyday smartphones, at a global scale.”
Today’s successful launch kicks off our next phase of execution and keeps us on track to launch 45–60 satellites by the end of 2026, with launches planned every one or two months on average.
BlueBird 6 was assembled, integrated, and tested at AST SpaceMobile’s manufacturing facilities in Midland, Texas. AST SpaceMobile operates nearly 500,000 square feet of manufacturing and operations facilities worldwide, supported by a workforce of more than 1,800 employees and a technology platform backed by over 3,800 patents and patent-pending claims.
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.
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🚨🅰️THE $ASTS DD UPDATE🅰️🚨
With the start of the Bluebird launch campaign, it's time to release the updated $ASTS DD!
Know What You Own™️ & Think Like A Founder™️
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WHAT STARTED IT ALL FOR ME
The company is on the verge of beginning it's launch campaign after years of ups and downs but what first got me interested in AST SpaceMobile?
After first seeing about AST SpaceMobile from @spacanpanman posting his initial thread on the company
I saw the video of DD from David Marshack explain how the solution AST had come up with was genius and solved lots of the reason which caused previous space companies to fail.
If you've bought into the company in the last few years and haven't seen it then definitely give it a watch! ⬇️
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$ASTS I am not an OG here and this is only the 2nd time I’ve watched this video, but after being an AST investor for over a year, watching this again was eye opening because I understand the technology a lot more now than when I first saw this.
This is what the SpaceMob means when they say know what you own. 4 years ago management had already created and patented a technology that didn’t exist.
Bent pipe, beamforming, mass production of microns to bring down costs, utilizing the right spectrum(low/mid band) and packaging it all together to allow for a direct to device connection to an unmodified phone without any special chips.
Now, 4 years after this video was recorded Elon is still talking about adding special chips to devices and new satellites to connect those new phones too.
@AST_SpaceMobile is so far ahead of Space X in direct to device that there’s a chance Space X never catches up. I think the market grossly underestimates this and how valuable their patents are because the market doesn’t comprehend it all yet.
You see it on earnings calls e.g. analysts still don’t know what questions to ask, you see it in financial media e.g. they make poor comparisons of AST to Space X and you see it in markets e.g. huge swings in both directions in the share price bc the market doesn’t know how to price this asset yet.
All I know is, while so much progress has been made, it’s still the bottom of the 1st inning for this story and the game is just starting to heat up. Watch the video.
HUGE news! @Ripple just received conditional approval from the @USOCC to charter Ripple National Trust Bank. This is a massive step forward - first for $RLUSD, setting the highest standard for stablecoin compliance with both federal (OCC) & state (NYDFS) oversight.
To the banking lobbyists – your anti-competitive tactics are transparent. You’ve complained that crypto isn’t playing by the same rules, but here’s the crypto industry – directly under the OCC's supervision and standards – prioritizing compliance, trust and innovation to the benefit of consumers. What are you so afraid of?
$ASTS Paul Tudor Jones is one of the best hedge fund managers of all time. He is a multi multi billionaire.
And just reported a 10m share stake making his firm the 4th largest institutional holder of AST.
Let’s. Fucking. Go.
$ASTS 🚨 SAUDI TELECOM ANNOUNCES SIGNING OF 10 YEAR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE SPACED-BASED TELECOM SERVICES WITH AST SPACEMOBILE
The agreement includes a commercial partnership to provide satellite communications services across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and several countries in the Middle East and Africa (Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Djibouti, Tunisia, Sudan), relying on AST SpaceMobile technology for direct connectivity to unmodified smart devices
DETAILS FILED ON SAUDI EXCHANGE:
Today, Ripple is breaking into the $120T corporate treasury payments market with the $1B acquisition of GTreasury.
The past few years have reminded this industry why payments, first and foremost, is THE primary use case for crypto and blockchain. Payments are where Ripple first started for exactly these reasons – the infrastructure is complex, siloed and inefficient, but as we know, perfectly positioned to benefit from decentralized financial technologies.
Astounding amounts of cash are trapped in outdated payments systems, creating friction, unnecessary costs, and barriers to entering new markets. GTreasury has been serving some of the most well known brands for decades – and now together with Ripple, we’ll be able to help CFOs manage all their assets, include stablecoins, tokenized deposits, etc at scale around the world, as well as put their idle capital to work with repo markets via Hidden Road.
The opportunity is here, and we’re diving right in. It’s happening!
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