---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-042412"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTS"
cik: "0001780312"
company_name: "AST SpaceMobile, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T12:07:28.329213+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AST SpaceMobile achieves space-based 4G LTE speeds >10 Mbps; secures up to $179M liquidity

## Summary
- BlueWalker 3 test with AT&T, Vodafone, Nokia hits 4G LTE speeds above 10 Mbps to standard smartphones.
- Raised up to $179M: $48.5M draw on $100M credit facility, $15M equipment loan, $57M equity, $7M ATM.
- First five BlueBird satellites fully-funded; launch Q1 2024, targeting initial commercial service in 2024.
- 40+ MOUs with mobile network operators covering ~2.4 billion subscribers globally.
- Cash and equivalents $191.5M at June 30; added $115M post-quarter via debt and equipment financing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-042412
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTS
- cik: 0001780312
- company_name: AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000095017023042412/0000950170-23-042412-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000095017023042412/asts-20230814.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-042412.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AST SpaceMobile, Inc. reported financial results for for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023.
  - Period: for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On August 14, 2023, AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000095017023042412/0000950170-23-042412-index.htm

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