Timeline
Regulatory progress
Dated public milestones for AST SpaceMobile's direct-to-cell effort. Each line is something a filing, order, or company release actually said. Planned launches are the company's expectations, not a promise that the rocket has flown.
Latest FCC filings
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Authorizations
Rows are grants, or grants described inside a grant that was opened. A field the document does not state is written 'not stated'. Service is the label the grant itself uses. No experimental STA and no market-access grant were identified in these orders.
| Date | Document | Type | Service | Bands | Local operators | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | Decreto exento Núm. 1.209 not stated | Concesión de servicio intermedio | MSS | S-band user stations: uplink 1990–2010 MHz, downlink 2170–2200 MHz | Granted — no local operator specified | Granted |
| 2026-06-15 | Anatel Ato nº 7955 not stated | NGSO exploration right | not stated | S: 1990–2000 MHz uplink and 2180–2190 MHz downlink. Q/V: 37.5–42.0 GHz downlink; 47.2–50.2 GHz and 50.4–51.4 GHz uplink. List status field: Sistema a ser licenciado. | Granted — no local operator specified | Authorized |
| 2026-04-21 | DA-26-391 S3065 | SCS / direct-to-cell | SCS | 698–716 MHz Earth-to-space; 728–746 MHz space-to-Earth; 758–768 MHz space-to-Earth; 788–798 MHz Earth-to-space; 824–849 MHz Earth-to-space; 869–894 MHz space-to-Earth | AT&T, Verizon, FirstNet | Granted |
| 2026-04-21 | DA-26-391 S3065 | Feeder | FSS feeder | 37.5–42.0 GHz space-to-Earth; 47.2–50.2 GHz and 50.4–51.4 GHz Earth-to-space; 45.5–47 GHz Earth-to-space, outside the United States only | not stated | Granted |
| 2026-04-21 | DA-26-391 S3065 | MSS outside the United States | MSS | 617–652, 663–748, 728–821, 777–798, 807–862, 852–894, 880–915, and 902–960 MHz, with the directions printed in the order | not stated | Granted |
| 2026-04-21 | DA-26-391 S3065 | TT&C | TT&C | 2025–2110 MHz Earth-to-space and 2200–2290 MHz space-to-Earth; 430–440 MHz both directions. Center frequencies are printed in the order. | not stated | Granted |
| 2025-11-11 | MIC experimental station not stated | 実験試験局 | not stated | 715.24–717.76 MHz, 15 carriers at 180 kHz spacing, 200 mW | Rakuten Mobile | Experimental test licence |
| 2025-08-29 | not stated S3065 | TT&C | TT&C | not stated in the later order's description of this partial grant | not stated | Granted in part, deferred in part |
| 2024-08-02 | DA-24-756 S3065 | Feeder and TT&C | FSS feeder; TT&C | 37.5–42 GHz space-to-Earth; 47.2–50.2 GHz and 50.4–51.4 GHz Earth-to-space; TT&C in 430–440 MHz, 2025–2110 MHz, and 2200–2290 MHz | not stated | Granted in part |
ITU filings
Newest first. A network is listed only when a public source names it. Full citations.
2024-08-02 · USA
Accompanying U.S. filing (network name not stated)
2023-10-27 · PNG
MICRONSAT
2020-07-07 · PNG · BR IFIC 2924
MICRONSAT
2020-05-26 · PNG · BR IFIC 2921
MICRONSAT
2020-04-13 · PNG
MICRONSAT
The Radio Regulations Board minutes say the satellite was operating under a second Papua New Guinea filing with orbits at both 500 and 700 km. The minutes do not name that network, its filing type, its BR IFIC number, or its frequency bands. Per the minutes, source pending.
Spectrum by band
Newest update first. A country is listed on a band only when a source names that band. Full citations.
2026-11-09
2026-10-26
2026-09-30 · up to 40 MHz
2026-09-30 · up to 5 MHz
2026-06-15
2025-10-29
Source pending: Acórdão nº 137/2026 and Acórdão nº 265/2026 were not opened on sei.anatel.gov.br, sistemas.anatel.gov.br, or in.gov.br. News described them as later changes to the S-band edges. The opened landing-rights list, last update 21 Aug 2026, states 1990–2000 MHz and 2180–2190 MHz. Consulta Pública nº 8 (23 Feb 2026) is a consultation that requested 1995–2010 MHz uplink and 2185–2200 MHz; it is not a grant. No Anatel act granting secondary 700 MHz use was opened.
Ligado
Newest first. The usage rights are still an agreement. The bankruptcy-court approval is a court approval of the transaction, not an FCC grant of the L-band application. Full timeline.
2026-10-05
Sound Point facility expired
2026-09-30
Closing still open at quarter-end
2026-04-02
Bankruptcy court put the $100 million payment in escrow
2026-11-09 · Company-stated
Third-quarter update
AST still described nationwide intermittent service in the U.S. and other key markets as expected before year-end 2026, so this review does not treat commercial service as generally switched on. The release also says commercial service was authorized in Brazil with 50 MHz of S-band and low-band spectrum. That sentence does not name a carrier. The 26 October 2026 company release, a separate entry, names four regional operators for the 700 MHz piece. The same update mentions spectrum allocations in markets such as Brazil and Colombia without listing a Colombian grant, says BlueBirds 14–16 had shipped to the Cape awaiting a SpaceX date, and describes later ships and a Blacklift rocket aimed at late 2028. Those later items are plans.
2026-10-26 · Company-stated
AST says Anatel authorized Brazil S-band and secondary 700 MHz
The company said Anatel authorized 15+15 MHz of S-band and secondary use of up to 10+10 MHz at 700 MHz through four regional operators. The Anatel document opened here is Ato nº 7955, which confers an NGSO exploration right and does not state those megahertz figures. AST's 27 Oct 2026 letter to Panama's ASEP describes Acórdão nº 137/2026 as a move to 10+10 MHz blocks. The megahertz grant is source pending on the spectrum page. Brazilsat as the authorization vehicle, and a current test with TIM Brasil, are per owner, source pending.
2026-10-20 · Company-stated
Service-readiness release
AST said initial intermittent coverage was targeted before year-end 2026 in the United States, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia, and named strategic partnerships with AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Rakuten Mobile, Bell Canada, TELUS, and stc Group. It also said more than 60 gateways were deployed, installed, or in planning, and more than 60 mobile operators were in the commercial ecosystem. Those operator counts are not a published country-by-country license list.
2026-08-05 · Primary record
BlueBird 11, 12, and 13 launched
AST says three next-generation BlueBirds launched from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9. They carry 6-digit NORAD ids in the current catalog.
2026-06-17 · Primary record
BlueBird 8, 9, and 10 launched
AST says three next-generation BlueBirds launched from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9. They are in this tracker's catalog as SPACEMOBILE-008/009/010.
2026-04-21 · Primary record
FCC grants the constellation and U.S. SCS
Order DA-26-391 authorizes AST & Science to deploy and operate up to 248 non-geostationary satellites (call sign S3065) and to provide Supplemental Coverage from Space with AT&T, Verizon, and FirstNet spectrum in the continental United States and Hawaii, with waivers. The license term runs from 21 April 2026 to 19 September 2039.
2026-04-19 · Mixed
BlueBird 7 launch announced
AST's site says a second next-generation BlueBird launched on 19 April 2026 from Cape Canaveral on New Glenn. The active CelesTrak set merged into this tracker on 14 Nov 2026 does not include an operational SPACEMOBILE-007, so this site does not draw BlueBird 7. Treat it as not in service unless a newer element set appears.
2026-03-01 · Company-stated
Vodafone Ireland video call
AST's FAQ says the first video call in Ireland was made in March 2026 with Vodafone Ireland on a BlueBird. That is a demonstration, not a published commercial authorization.
2025-12-23 · Primary record
BlueBird 6 launched from India
AST dates the first next-generation satellite to 23 December 2025 from Satish Dhawan, with a 2,400 square foot phased array. CelesTrak's launch date for SPACEMOBILE-006 in this catalog is 2025-12-24, which is the same flight in UTC bookkeeping.
2025-11-06 · Primary record
Vodafone and AST name a European operations centre
The FCC order cites a Vodafone release announcing a joint European constellation plan and Germany as the site of a European satellite operations centre. The order also says the location of AST's own operations centre remains subject to future FCC rulemakings.
2025-10-08 · Company-stated
Verizon definitive agreement
AST says a definitive commercial agreement with Verizon, with service beginning in 2026, for space-based cellular broadband in the continental United States.
2025-09-05 · Primary record
SCS applications go on public notice
DA 25-815 accepted AST's SCS filings with AT&T, Verizon, and FirstNet and opened a comment cycle.
2025-06-20 · Primary record
Space Bureau accepts part of the modification
Public notice DA 25-532, cited in the April 2026 order, accepted part of AST's modification application for filing.
2025-02-01 · Company-stated
FCC special temporary authority, as described by AST
AST's FAQ says testing with AT&T and Verizon was approved in February 2025 by the FCC. This review did not open the STA file itself, so the scope is whatever AST summarized: initial, non-continuous U.S. service.
2024-12-09 · Company-stated
Vodafone commercial agreement
AST says the agreement covers commercial service for users across Europe and Africa through 2034.
2024-09-12 · Primary record
BlueBird 1–5 launched
Five Block 1 satellites from Cape Canaveral. The FCC's April 2026 grant describes the earlier partial grant as authority for these five BlueBirds and notes the first launched on 12 September 2024.
2024-05-29 · Company-stated
AT&T commercial agreement and Verizon partnership
AST's timeline says a definitive agreement with AT&T to provide a space-based broadband network in the U.S. through 2030, and a partnership with Verizon aimed at coverage across the United States.
2023-04-01 · Company-stated
First voice call on BlueWalker 3
AST's FAQ dates the first voice call with Vodafone, Rakuten, and AT&T to April 2023. The page does not give a day of the month.
2022-11-14 · Company-stated
BlueWalker 3 array unfolded
AST said the deployed array is 693 square feet and, in their words, has a field of view of over 300,000 square miles. That figure is their claim for the prototype, not the elevation cone drawn on this site.
2022-09-11 · Primary record
BlueWalker 3 reaches orbit
Prototype launched from Cape Canaveral. CelesTrak records the object as 2022-111AL, NORAD 53807.
Last reviewed 2026-11-14. Sources are linked beside the claims they support.