AST SpaceMobile Starts Commercial Satellite-to-Phone Service
DELAYEDDate confidence: DELAYEDThe date has movedHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all DELAYED pins6 months late66% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 66%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 271 daysLight Reading[1] quotes AST's 15 July 2026 SEC[4] filing: 'approximately 45 satellites in orbit in early 2027', with commercial services 'in the first half of 2027'; the first-half window is dated to 30 June.
AST SpaceMobile now expects about 45 satellites in orbit in early 2027, with beta offerings before the end of 2026 and commercial direct-to-device service in the first half of 2027, after launch delays pushed back a late-2026 target.
