We are saddened and heartbroken to share the news of the passing of Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup champion and one of our sport's greatest and fiercest drivers. He was 41 years old.
We extend our deepest condolences to the Busch family, Richard Childress Racing and the entire motorsports community.
Today, we remember the loss of Columbia and her crew just minutes before returning home from STS-107.
The final image of Shuttle Columbia - her left wing already disintegrating - as she passed by the Starfire Optical Range, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.
#HailColumbia
$ASTS Few things in life are exhilarating as watching a vast portion of your net worth get strapped to an Indian rocket ship and launched into outer space.
Congratulations to Prime Minister @narendramodi, @isro, and @NSIL_India on the successful launch of our BlueBird 6 satellite—the largest-ever commercial communications satellite in low Earth orbit.🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
Perfect execution from both teams in India and the U.S. We are now in control of BlueBird 6 from our D.C. command center and with nominal telemetry! 🇺🇸🤠💪
>Mom, how did we get so rich?
>Your dad bought $ASTS based on information he learned from anonymous X accounts that used cartoons as their profile pictures. Stop asking questions.
BlueBird 6 has completed final assembly and testing and is ready for flight! 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 On October 12, it will head to India aboard an Antonov large cargo plane ✈️
We are officially kicking off our next-gen launch campaign:
• BlueBird 7 is expected to ship to the Cape Canaveral launch site in October
• BlueBirds 8-16 are in various stages of production, with launches planned every 1-2 months on average during 2025 and 2026
• On track to complete 40 phased arrays by early 2026, bringing us to BlueBird 46
• Expecting 45-60 satellites in orbit by year-end 2026
We have partnered with 50+ mobile network operators serving nearly 3 billion subscribers, supported by a flexible spectrum strategy blending our own licensed spectrum with partner spectrum. These BlueBirds will be the largest commercial satellites ever deployed in LEO – each featuring a 2,400 sq ft phased array with true direct-to-cell broadband, capable of up to 10,000 MHz of processing bandwidth and peak speeds of 120 Mbps per cell 🌎📶#5G
#ASTSpaceMobile #BlueBird6 #NextGenBlueBird #BroadbandFromSpace #ConnectingtheUnconnected