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AST SpaceMobile, trading as ASTS, is building a space-based cellular broadband network designed to connect directly to standard mobile phones without hardware modification.
ASTSACTIVEAST SpaceMobile is building a global cellular broadband network in space, using large low Earth orbit satellites designed to connect directly to standard, unmodified smartphones.
AST SpaceMobile is building a global cellular broadband network in space, using large low Earth orbit satellites designed to connect directly to standard, unmodified smartphones.
Provisional: the latest data refresh looked incomplete and was held, so these scores use inputs measured 2026-10-10.
Rank 65 of 156 ranked companies, shared with 1 other company on the same total. With the pillars we have not measured for this company filled at the 10th and 90th percentiles of the companies we did measure, and every other company held at its published total, the rank is likely between 48 and 85.
4 of 5 inputs measured · Medium confidence · 77% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-10 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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Midland Intl. Air & Space Port, 2901 Enterprise Lane, Midland, Texas 79706
Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Employees, Legal name
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No private round on record before Apr 2021. IPO, offerings, debt and unconverted notes are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Hiring
224 open roles right now →
Latest funding round
Follow-on Offering · $155M
Jan 1, 2024
Latest SEC filing
8-K · Sep 28, 2026 · EDGAR ↗
Large phased-array satellites providing cellular broadband directly to unmodified smartphones.
Contracts, suppliers, launches and schedule for each program, every fact sourced:
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3 dated public commitments by AST SpaceMobile, with sources and outcomes on the Promise Ledger.
Estimated: around Mon, Nov 9, 2026 (not announced by the company) · period ending September 2026
Estimated from the company's own SEC filings: it reported the same period a year earlier on Mon, Nov 10, 2025. The company has not announced this date.
Results filed Mon, Aug 10, 2026, after the market closed · period ending June 2026
Share move: not captured (no closing quote was recorded for that session)
Results filing (SEC) (opens in a new tab) · Press release (opens in a new tab)
Director or officer change, or executive pay arrangement
8-K items: 5.02 Director or officer change, or executive pay arrangement · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly report (10-Q)
Quarterly report (10-Q) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly or annual results
8-K items: 2.02 Quarterly or annual results · 7.01 Information shared with investors (Regulation FD), such as a presentation · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Press release (EX-99.1) (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Signed a material agreement; Took on a material debt or financial obligation; Sold shares without registering them (private placement); Other event the company chose to report
8-K items: 1.01 Signed a material agreement · 2.03 Took on a material debt or financial obligation · 3.02 Sold shares without registering them (private placement) · 8.01 Other event the company chose to report · 9.01 Documents attached
Shares sold without registration, typically to a small group of investors (a PIPE, when the company is listed). A public-market offering, not a private funding round. Not counted in private funding totals.
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly or annual results
8-K items: 2.02 Quarterly or annual results · 7.01 Information shared with investors (Regulation FD), such as a presentation · 8.01 Other event the company chose to report · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Press release (EX-99.1) (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Amendment: Active holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13D/A)
Amendment: Active holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13D/A) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Compiled Oct 12, 2026 from 6 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from. Facts only: nothing here is a rating, a forecast or a recommendation.
SEC filings, last 12 months
141 filings
Including 4 periodic reports and 20 current reports
Source: SEC EDGAR company filings
Latest Oct 1, 2026
Latest sourced round
Equity round: $188K
Reported on Form D filed May 20, 2022; the date shown is the first sale
Source: SEC EDGAR
First sale May 6, 2022
Sourced rounds on record
1 round, $188K disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount; we hold 4 more rounds with no source link, not counted here
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Source: SEC EDGAR
Latest round May 6, 2022
Open roles
224 open roles
90 days ago: before our daily count began (Aug 13, 2026)
Roles on the company's own jobs board, read by our daily sync. Listings posted or paid for on SpaceNexus are not counted. Earlier daily counts include every listed role.
Source: A current posting on the company jobs board
Counted Oct 11, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
10 in orbit of 12 launched
Latest: SpaceMobile-008
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation code ASTS. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Jun 17, 2026
Satellites built
11 payloads launched, 10 in orbit
Latest: SpaceMobile-008
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation code ASTS. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Jun 17, 2026
NanoAvionics US
Built one of its satellites (latest BlueWalker 1)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Apr 1, 2019
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 12). AST SpaceMobile: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/ast-spacemobile
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "AST SpaceMobile: Company dossier." Data as of October 12, 2026. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/ast-spacemobile.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_astspacemobile_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{AST SpaceMobile}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/ast-spacemobile}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/ast-spacemobile},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-12; each fact links its primary source}
}