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AST SpaceMobile Reports Q1 Results

AST SpaceMobile facility in Midland, Texas

Midland, TX-based AST SpaceMobile ($ASTS) is looking ahead to the expected summer launch of BlueWalker 3 (BW3) with SpaceX. 

BW3, a 1.5-ton, 693-square-foot phased array beast, will be a testbed for the company’s space-based cellular broadband network technology. Bet the farm moment?

  • In May, the FCC granted AST SpaceMobile an experimental license to test space-to-ground transmissions between BW3 and unmodified smartphones. 
  • As of March 31, AST SpaceMobile had invested $82.7M into testing and building BlueWalker 3. The satellite has undergone 700+ tests.
  • The company plans to scale production to a second, 100,000-sq-ft. facility in Texas. It’s targeting a production rate of six satellites per month. 

Q1 business updates

AST SpaceMobile booked $2.4M in revenue and burned through nearly $70M in Q1, ending the quarter with $255M in cash/equivalents. Operating expenses increased $1.4M quarter-on-quarter to $32.7M. 

  • Earlier this month, AST SpaceMobile announced a deal to sell more stock and raise $75M. 
  • Apropos of nothing…Yesterday’s $ASTS earnings call had some fresh analyst faces (at least compared to the last one Payload tuned into).

+ Market data snapshot: $ASTS is down ~12% YTD. The company is valued at $1.3B.

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