AST SpaceMobile Announces Launch Date for BlueBird Satellites 8, 9, and 10

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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 that the launch of the BlueBird 8, 9, and 10 satellites is currently scheduled for Wednesday, June 17, 2026, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff is targeted for 2:39 a.m. EDT with additional opportunities available until 4:15 a.m. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260609326230/en/AST SpaceMobile BlueBirds 8, 9 and 10 stacked, ready for payload integration. The orbital launch mission will carry the next-generation satellites BlueBirds 8, 9, and 10, to support AST SpaceMobile’s growing commercial and government communications and non-communications capabilities, including space-based cellular broadband services: voice, data, and video to standard, unmodified smartphones everywhere. The BlueBird satellites will leverage AST SpaceMobile’s next-generation stackable satellite architecture, including advanced composite carbon structures designed to support efficient multi-satellite launches and accelerated constellation deployment. Combined with the company’s multi-provider launch strategy, the architecture is designed to provide flexibility in AST SpaceMobile’s deployment of its global constellation. “Our upcoming launch marks another important milestone as we continue advancing the deployment of our space-based cellular broadband network,” said Scott Wisniewski, President of AST SpaceMobile. “Each BlueBird satellite launched expands our ability to support seamless space-based broadband mobile connectivity directly to everyday smartphones. Our next-generation BlueBird satellites, the largest phase-arrays ever deployed in low Earth orbit, together with our expanding manufacturing capabilities, position AST SpaceMobile to continue scaling toward continuous global space-based cellular broadband coverage supported by a diversified launch strategy.” These next generation BlueBird satellites are expected to further expand AST SpaceMobile's direct-to-device broadband constellation while delivering nearly double the peak data speeds of the company's initial Block 1 BlueBird satellites, which recently achieved peak do...

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