BROADBAND & DTC · OPERATOR PROFILE · DATA AS OF 2026-05-14

AST SpaceMobile

Active ASTS Broadband & DTC Public HQ: Midland, Texas Founded 2017

First space-based cellular network for standard smartphones. Partners: AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Rakuten, Google. Block 2 BlueBird deployed late 2025. MSCI World Index Feb 2026. Commercial rollout 2026.

73.7

ARI Composite

Very Low Risk

#1 of 9

Peer Rank

Broadband Telecom cohort

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Total Launches

No flights tracked

ASTS

Market cap

NASDAQ

FINANCIAL HEALTH

73.7

ARI composite · Very Low Risk

Peer rank#1 of 9

Peer groupBroadband Telecom

Data coverage90%

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FLEET & LAUNCH PARTNERS

Satellite operator (BlueBird constellation) — does not operate launch vehicles. Primary launch partners: SpaceX (Falcon 9), ISRO (LVM3 for BlueBird 1).

SECTOR POSITION

Primary sectorBroadband & DTC

Rank within sector#1 of 9

Tracked peers9

RECENT COVERAGE

Date	Source	Headline
Apr 28, 2026	SEC EDGAR	AST SpaceMobile — DEF 14A filed 2026-04-28
Apr 24, 2026	Ars Technica — Space	Rocket Report: Artemis III rocket getting ready; SpaceX is now an AI company
Apr 22, 2026	Space.com	Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket grounded after launch mishap
Apr 22, 2026	BusinessWire — Satellite/Space	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
Apr 20, 2026	Spaceflight Now	Blue Origin launches third New Glenn rocket, but payload ends up in wrong orbit

REGISTRY DATA

Legal nameAST SpaceMobile, Inc.

Ticker / ExchangeASTS (NASDAQ)

OwnershipPublic

HeadquartersMidland, Texas

CountryUS

Founded2017

FounderAbel Avellan

CEOAbel Avellan

AliasesAST SpaceMobile, ASTS, AST, SpaceMobile

Key programsBlueBird constellation, BlueWalker 3

IPO statusPublic via SPAC (April 2021)

Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Corporate homepage (2025/2026 updates) documents AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird satellite program (BlueBird 1-5 + Next Gen), April 19 2026 BlueBird 7 launch schedule, and mission as 'the first and only sp

METHODOLOGY

Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.

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