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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.
Rank 53 of 105 ranked companies
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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
264 open roles right now →
Latest funding round
Subordinated convertible notes (strategic investment) · $110M
Jan 18, 2024
Latest SEC filing
8-K · Oct 20, 2026 · EDGAR ↗
CTO/enterprise, AST SpaceMobile
From Executive Moves (recorded since Aug 2026).
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.
Compiled Nov 10, 2026 from 8 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
135 filings
Including 4 periodic reports and 18 current reports
Source: SEC EDGAR company filings
Latest Nov 10, 2026
Latest sourced round
Subordinated convertible notes (strategic investment): $110.0M
Source: SEC EDGAR
Announced Jan 18, 2024
Sourced rounds on record
3 rounds, $572.2M disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount
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.
Open roles
264 open roles
30 days ago: 224 (Oct 12, 2026). 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 Nov 10, 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, November 10). AST SpaceMobile: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved November 10, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/ast-spacemobile
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "AST SpaceMobile: Company dossier." Data as of November 10, 2026. Accessed November 10, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/ast-spacemobile.
BibTeX
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author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{AST SpaceMobile}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/ast-spacemobile}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/ast-spacemobile},
urldate = {2026-11-10},
note = {Data as of 2026-11-10; each fact links its primary source}
}Vodafone Ventures
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SEC EDGAR, Jan 18, 2024
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SEC Filing, Apr 6, 2021
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Results filed Mon, Nov 9, 2026, after the market closed · period ending September 2026
Share move: after the close on Nov 10, 2026
Results filing (SEC) (opens in a new tab) · Press release (opens in a new tab)
Information shared with investors (Regulation FD), such as a presentation
8-K items: 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) · 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)
Information shared with investors (Regulation FD), such as a presentation
8-K items: 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) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G)
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G)
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)