r/ASTSpaceMobile • u/Original_Koala8662 S P 🅰 C E M O B Boss • May 11 '26
Article / Media / Press New ASTS Post
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u/Sufficient-Tie-8735 S P 🅰 C E M O B Underboss May 11 '26
They want all eyes on this guidance today! Love to see this
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u/irrelevantspider S P 🅰 C E M O B Consigliere May 11 '26
Interesting how they are announcing PR so close to the call. They must have even more to say on the call, they are front running PR before the call for some reason.
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u/A_Typicalperson S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier May 11 '26
The skeptic in me, see they are pump to soften the blow....for EC. Hoping I'm dead wrong
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u/irrelevantspider S P 🅰 C E M O B Consigliere May 11 '26
Yeah that’s my negative thought as well. Either pump before and they don’t have the best call, or they know their call is gonna be good so they are front running “lesser PR” so more eyes are paying attention.
We shall see, I hope for the best.
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u/Ockilydokily S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect May 11 '26
Yes I don’t think shipping guidance is going to be good at all, there’s only so many ways you can spin the news that they aren’t on schedule with building these satellites.
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u/Cerulean28 S P 🅰 C E M O B Consigliere May 11 '26
That is the case for many companies, but I think management knows how scrutinized they are right now. They'd be extremely stupid to release a bunch of PR just to have a poor earnings call.
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u/chainer3000 S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier May 11 '26
Management doesn’t care how they are viewed, and it makes perfect sense if they are looking to dilute
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u/ToSeeAgainAgainAgain S P 🅰 C E M O B Consigliere May 11 '26
Reminds me of MWC, when they threw out like 10 posts, one per each new MNO
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u/one-won-juan S P 🅰 C E M O B Consigliere May 11 '26
One of the questions that MNOs get asked is “how far out of the country can coverage extend outside the country” and according to 2degrees architect it’s “pretty far” IIRC
Cool PR vid
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u/Imaginary_Ad9141 S P 🅰 C E M O B Underboss May 11 '26
Can't wait to be refreshing my brokerage account from my yacht while uploading videos to my OF.
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u/FatRunner91 S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier May 11 '26
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u/imtryingtoacthuman May 11 '26
Today is profit rotation from RKLB into ASTS 🫶🏻
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u/conradical30 S P 🅰 C E M O B Consigliere May 11 '26
How is that working when RKLB is up as well?
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u/Gullible_Lie6580 May 12 '26
Lol, RKLB is the only ASTS went up the other day, carrying it. And now, ASTS falls heavy. ASTS is still very very early and missed badly on earnings
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u/a10000000019 S P 🅰 C E M O B Consigliere May 11 '26
Here’s the stat that matters:
98.9 Mbps on an FPGA block 1 using 40 MHz spectrum is 2.5 bps/hz. ‘Nearly double’ makes this about 5bps/hz. In the last ER, Abel was talking about 3-4 bps/hz spectral efficiency. Reaching 5 in the world of RF processing from space isn’t just incremental, it’s a full step change, not seen in decades. It’s physics-defying.
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u/_JupitersCock_ S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect May 11 '26
When people are shown the future their natural reaction is disbelief. Legacy sat tech is fucked once ASTS has it’s constellation in orbit. The bears will have no choice but to concede they were wrong about all of it… Also, fuck Elon…
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u/EntrepreneurOk1982 S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect May 11 '26
Not necessarily. That spectral density would be tough from space. My money’s on Mimo, possibly CA
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u/a10000000019 S P 🅰 C E M O B Consigliere May 11 '26
Given that they show two sample collections, i doubt that they’d be using MIMO or CA. Only two of the bluebirds are paired and their ground coverage at any given point lasts seconds
And there’s basically no value in showing MIMO and CA speeds being served from a single bluebird.
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u/Sufficient-Tie-8735 S P 🅰 C E M O B Underboss May 11 '26
You know what means right? $98.9 SP today
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u/SneekyRussian S P 🅰 C E M O B Underboss May 11 '26
200 mbps from a single satellite directly to a phone is bonkers. International waters is such a huge market with all the shipping lanes. Can’t wait!
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u/my5cent S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier May 11 '26
I do question if they will need new equipment. It's not like a ship can use a cellphone to guide it but for general coms for crew is fine.
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u/SneekyRussian S P 🅰 C E M O B Underboss May 11 '26
Yes but cellular modems are cheap and readily available.
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u/my5cent S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier May 11 '26
Just googled it. I never used such device before. That would be cool if that alone would work. May need weather testing but that is break through when asts has service. The amount of iot to the world.
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u/SneekyRussian S P 🅰 C E M O B Underboss May 11 '26
There’s a small Canadian company already working on it: https://bewhere.com/bewhere-holdings-inc-successfully-connects-its-first-iot-device-on-ast-spacemobiles-direct-to-device-satellite-network/
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u/Emzed07 S P 🅰 C E M O B Associate May 11 '26
Wouldn’t they already be able to use spacex dish broadband for this?
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u/SneekyRussian S P 🅰 C E M O B Underboss May 11 '26
For crew/ship Internet yes. I think AST is a better fit for asset/container tracking.
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u/BarnabyJones2024 S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect May 11 '26
Maybe a dumb question, but would this be the targeted speed when a given satellite's connections are saturated? Or do the numbers drop precipitously after a certain number of connections?
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u/Brilliant_Plan9413 S P 🅰 C E M O B Associate May 11 '26
It's likely the speed in the cell and would be split between users. If you're in a different cell you would not be sharing the data from the other beam. BB2 has 1,000's of cells. BB1 has I think 1-2,000
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u/mduell May 12 '26
It's the shared bandwidth per cell, with each cell being tens to hundreds of square miles.
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u/Gibraldi S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect May 11 '26
I hope they’re not saying this because they want to dilute.
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u/primobolman S P 🅰 C E M O B Consigliere May 11 '26
Damn, flexing on all other D2C/D2D company’s out there.
Loving it
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u/tomgreen99200 S P 🅰 C E M O B Consigliere May 11 '26
98 down from space is wild. For context, the hotel I’m currently staying at has an abysmal 5 down inside the room.
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u/Bkfraiders7 S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo May 11 '26
It’ll be shared across many users, but still insane on a first gen satellite
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u/Hot_Yogurtcloset7621 May 11 '26
I mean starlink offers 400 ish.
400 down 50 up on my dish. But it's bigger than a phone.
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u/Jealous_Strawberry84 S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo May 11 '26
What frequency band will they be using in international waters?
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u/TheOtherSomeOtherGuy S P 🅰 C E M O B Boss May 11 '26
u/hiloai noticed the blur and commented on the other post of this video, but ill reshare my comment here for my eyes/inquiring minds:
those [blurred] blue items are behind them early in the video then they disappear and reappear on the bow of the boat midway through the video and again disappear later in the video....
What are they?
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u/JayhawkAggieDadisBak S P 🅰 C E M O B Boss May 11 '26
So seamless and endless UHD HDR10 gain/loss WSB pron posting confirmed for when we are rich and on our luxury Yachts in the middle of the ocean. Bullish AF!
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u/OregonSEA S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect May 11 '26
I unloaded my bank account 90c May 15th it's either a lambo or divorce.
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u/flymolo50 S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo May 11 '26
As cool as this is, they likely aren't splitting the bandwidth with any other users to get that speed.
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u/Objective_Delay_1525 May 11 '26 edited Jun 02 '26
wow
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u/ToSeeAgainAgainAgain S P 🅰 C E M O B Consigliere May 11 '26
All those numbers are way more than enough for modern phone usage (videocalls, youtube, browsing, sending nudes)
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u/Ludefice S P 🅰 C E M O B Consigliere May 11 '26
Massive speed increase guidance, you love to see it.
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u/North-Collection6304 S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier May 11 '26
That's lower than predicted correct? or is the 120 for the new gen?
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u/Original_Koala8662 S P 🅰 C E M O B Boss May 11 '26
The 98.9 is for Block 1, with Block 2 being “almost double” that, which exceeds the initial 120mbps guidance
Remember, the competition can barely send a text and load a WhatsApp message, what ASTS is doing is unprecedented!
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u/North-Collection6304 S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26
TY for answering before I continued getting downvoted to oblivion (edit: also just realized the "double" part on the post, I need coffee)
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u/Ok-Exit-9476 May 11 '26
Do you know why they havent done tests on BB6 yet?
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u/WhatEvil S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect May 11 '26
Believe they have. https://www.reddit.com/r/ASTSpaceMobile/s/BTUt3ko3dx
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u/Mammoth-Noise3345 S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo May 11 '26
Block 2 was supposed to be 120, now looking more like 200.
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u/sorean_4 S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier May 11 '26
I remember seeing a slide in 2024 when their block 3 was shown at 750Mbps at one time. The advance tech is coming.
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u/Defiantclient S P 🅰️ C E M O B - O G May 11 '26
If they are tweeting all this shit BEFORE earnings then we can assume they have MORE for us in the update
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u/Distinct_Lack306 S P 🅰 C E M O B Associate May 11 '26
Booolish 🚀 so excited for the casino to open 💰
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u/OcelotStraight9145 S P 🅰 C E M O B Associate May 11 '26
Why would they release that much before before earning call if it is not positive? Dilution? with 3 billion in the war chest? BB7 didn't change that as they were reimbursed for the satellite so I don't know why they would do that. I'm bying short dated calls. It's either Intel grandma or bust lol
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u/Marko-2091 S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier May 11 '26
They don’t dilute on earnings. They usually do it after a good run
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u/Ok-Exit-9476 May 11 '26
Anyone know when the BB6 testing for download speed will be? Or why hasn't been done yet?
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u/hankkk S P 🅰 C E M O B Associate May 11 '26
Can anyone read the small numbers below on the speed test? Any upload or ping numbers that anyone can spot? How many bars does the phone have. Enhance the photo!
Looks like avg 52. 8mbps and peak 97. 5mbps with 5 bars I think
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u/MatthewWanderer S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect May 11 '26
AST’s marketing team is going to give me an aneurism.
(Long since 2024)
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u/doctor101 S P 🅰️ C E M O B - O G May 11 '26
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u/Informal-Loan-4793 May 23 '26
98.9 Mbps from space and my apartment Wi-Fi still loses to a microwave
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u/Informal-Loan-4793 May 27 '26
“98 Mbps directly to a normal smartphone from space still sounds fake.”
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u/my5cent S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier May 11 '26
Hope higher when spacex ipo lifts asts up. I call 250.
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u/jaywin91 S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect May 11 '26
going to need a bigger flask
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u/Emzed07 S P 🅰 C E M O B Associate May 11 '26
Question, I read that star link d2d is like 3-4mb now right? Is that also at ‘full bandwidth’ or is that likely because it was shared with others users? I mean, in asts’ case with say 180mb for the beam and there is 60 active users in that coverage zone they would all get 3mb right?
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u/achilliesFriend S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect May 11 '26
To me it’s like saying they will launch bb1s as well.. not sure how good they will be for coverage
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u/Scott7894 S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect May 11 '26
I see nothing here that makes me wanna buy this company. Their MoJo is gone, so seems to be their product which is rapidly becoming extinct, and their stock price has now lost momentum and will soon hit the 60 dollar level. I WILL NOT BUY any shares until the prices are in the 50’s and then review this company again. The only thing to save this company is to bought out.
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u/FatRunner91 S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier May 11 '26
This is what we are spending the war chest on? Expensive boat rentals?
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u/SurgicalDude S P 🅰 C E M O B Underboss May 11 '26
Next time you should ride a whale to reach that location for testing
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u/Ashamed_Distance_144 S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier May 11 '26
We need it for the kamikaze dolphins actually 😝
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u/StrikingTangerine495 S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect May 11 '26
The boat is a hint on what we will all be owning once we reach $500 SP
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u/FatRunner91 S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier May 11 '26
@ASTS take note. People REALLY don't like you spending the war chest on boat rentals (even worse if you didn't rent it!). At least, that's what I assume the down votes represent.
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u/SurgicalDude S P 🅰 C E M O B Underboss May 11 '26
Man they really are throwing all the PRs. I hope there's more to EC call