---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-022202"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTS"
cik: "0001780312"
company_name: "AST SpaceMobile, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T01:23:31.037704+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AST SpaceMobile achieves first voice call from space to unmodified smartphones; Q1 cash $185.7M

## Summary
- Completed first-ever two-way voice calls from space to everyday unmodified smartphones via BlueWalker 3.
- Cash and equivalents $185.7M at March 31, 2023; operating expenses $44.5M in Q1.
- Manufacturing on track for five Block 1 BlueBird satellites with planned launch in Q1 2024.
- Signed spectrum lease agreement with AT&T, contingent on regulatory approval and definitive commercial agreement.
- BW3 testing validated technology; no major design changes to Block 1 satellites confirmed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-022202
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTS
- cik: 0001780312
- company_name: AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000095017023022202/0000950170-23-022202-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000095017023022202/asts-20230515.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-022202
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-022202.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-022202.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AST SpaceMobile, Inc. reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
  - Period: the three months ended March 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 15, 2023, AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000095017023022202/0000950170-23-022202-index.htm

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