At this point it’s very clear @ARKInvest has been requested to not ever mention @AST_SpaceMobile They have been directly asked hundreds of times & refuse to acknowledge. One could argue naivety, but considering AST has 2/3 of tier 1 MNOs & Ark claims direct to cell is tens/hundreds of billions the only logical explanation is they literally are being paid not to mention $ASTS. Wouldn’t be surprised if they were the ones paying the idiot bear crew.

A reminder that Dim Spacebar of @TMFAssociates is a paid street walker for hire. His anti-AST SpaceMobile stance is paid for by the likes of Globalstar, Iridium and other legacy has beens Hard to find buried disclosure in one of his recent industry reports:

Encapsulation complete. BlueBirds 8, 9, and 10 are now secured inside Falcon 9's fairing ahead of launch. A stacked configuration powered by advanced carbon fiber structures, engineered to withstand ascent forces comparable to carrying a fully loaded space shuttle orbiter during launch. 💪 Next stop: launch. 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 Built in Texas. Broadband from space. Designed to connect directly to everyday smartphones. 🌎📶📱 #ASTSpaceMobile #Broadband #ConnectingtheUnconnected #BlueBirds

These are going to be amazing powered by $MRLN autonomous technology Excited for testing ✈️

What if the greatest opportunity in aviation isn't a new airframe but a smarter cockpit? Merlin CTO Tim Burns explores that question in @FortuneMagazine. Tim makes the case that autonomy isn't about replacing pilots. It's about giving them a new kind of crew member: one embedded within the aircraft itself that doesn't get tired, can't have a bad day, and can absorb the repetitive, cognitively demanding tasks that pull crews away from what matters most. The opportunity extends beyond efficiency. As adversaries rapidly scale autonomous systems of their own, integrating trusted autonomy into defense operations is becoming a national security imperative. Read the full piece in Fortune here. fortune.com/2026/06/09/auton…

It’s important for all investors, retail and Wall Street alike, to see the depth of the corruption among the “paid experts” who have lied, cheated, and tried to stymie the success of $ASTS by attacking its cost of capital. It’s an insidious lot - these paid scammers - but they are easily defeated by just shining the light on them. Like bacteria, they do not like the UV light of facts and research The fact that many retail investors either lost their savings when $ASTS tanked b/c of all the FUD or suffered the brutal indignity of owning $ASTS and then getting scared out of it only to see it go up 25x has left me committed to a Holy War that I’ll never stop fighting.

The last BlueBird in the convoy is on the move. BlueBird 9 has officially left our Texas facilities and is heading to Cape Canaveral to reunite with BlueBirds 8 and 10. Next stop: the launch pad.🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 Built in Texas. Broadband from space. Designed to connect directly to everyday smartphones. 🌎📶📱 #ASTSpaceMobile #Broadband #ConnectingtheUnconnected #BlueBirds

A BlueBird convoy is officially underway. Two BlueBirds are already making their way to Cape Canaveral, with the third close behind. Next stop: the launch pad.  🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 Built in Texas. Broadband from space. Designed to connect directly to everyday smartphones.🌎📶📱 #ASTSpaceMobile #Broadband #ConnectingtheUnconnected #BlueBirds

$ASTS: Transforming How the World Connects - Hennessy Funds May 2026 AST SpaceMobile Update AST is building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones with both commercial and government applications.1 With strategic investments from leading technology players such as AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone and Google, AST has the bold goal to provide uninterrupted broadband connectivity, everywhere. ✅ Eliminating Connectivity Gaps in Broadband AST’s vision is to provide mobile broadband wireless coverage to existing cell phones in partnership with today’s global, mobile network operators (MNOs). Supplemental coverage from space through AST’s satellites would be a breakthrough for the wireless and satellite industries, allowing satellite delivered mobile wireless service to expand beyond niche applications we see today to broad consumer adoption. ✅ Addressable Market Even in 2026, billions of people around the world have no or limited mobile internet access. Among a global population of 8.2 billion, 5.8 billion unique cellular subscribers move in and out of basic and broadband wireless coverage daily, while more than 3.4 billion people are unable to access cellular broadband. Of these, 3 billion have a usage gap and 400 million have no cell coverage. In fact, ~90% of the Earth’s surface has no cell coverage whatsoever. Even in covered areas, there are millions of dead zones and grey zones in existing terrestrial networks. AST plans to eliminate these gaps by providing an overlay or supplemental broadband service that mobile subscribers can opt into through their MNO’s domestic service plans—resulting in broadband coverage for the unconnected billions. ✅ AST’s Vision AST has announced plans to launch over 540 dual-use satellites over the next seven years designed to eliminate global connectivity gaps for commercial and government users. Four separate constellations are envisioned, engineered to serve either C-band, midband and low-band communications spectrum. The first constellation will consist of up to 248 low-band satellites orbiting between 285-329 miles above earth. Seven years in development, these low-band BlueBird satellites use a novel design, internally developed software and custom hardware that is then spliced into the wireless operators’ “core” network through an equipment partnership with Nokia. This technique allows a cell phone to see a virtual cell tower broadcasting on either their MNO partner’s existing terrestrial spectrum or later on Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) spectrum owned or leased by AST. ✅ Worldwide Military and First Responder Opportunities Importance of Space-Based Defense Systems If the war in Iran has taught us anything it is that ground-based radar is vulnerable to missiles and drones guided by satellite systems. If our ground-based radars are knocked out our defensive interceptors are blind. This vulnerability is being rapidly incorporated into U.S defense thinking. We have heard such comments repeatedly at several of the defense related conferences we recently attended. It is quickly becoming imperative that the U.S. and allied forces have a second set of eyes in every global theatre not subject to the same ground-based risks seen in the Middle East. Our legacy missile defense systems—often composed of ground radar, GEO (Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit) satellites, and terrestrial interceptor batteries—are designed to neutralize traditional short- and long-range missiles. The trajectory of these missiles is predictable from shortly after launch, making them relatively straightforward to intercept. However, newer long-range missiles, such as hypersonic and advanced ICBMs, can change trajectory during travel, and sometimes include decoys and multiple warheads made to fool existing missile defense systems. This makes these missiles much more challenging to neutralize. The U.S. and its allies are vulnerable to these advanced weapons and need a faster, more accurate, and more distributed missile defense system in response. The unprecedented size and power of AST’s LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellites make them especially well-suited to assist in tracking modern missiles, along with a variety of other high value functions. Research reveals excellent effective isotropic radiated power (output power of a signal when it is concentrated into a smaller area by the antenna) and gain-to-noise temperature (how well the system can detect weak signals amidst noise), enabling a variety of novel capabilities. AST’s work with the Federal government continues to build with both defense and communications applications in various stages of testing and development. In terms of defense, AST was awarded a contract with the Missile Defense Agency’s (SHIELD) program, which is part of the broader Golden Dome strategy, focused on building resilient, layered protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats from all operational domains. The selection positions AST SpaceMobile to compete for a wide range of future task orders across research, development, engineering, prototyping, and operations of critical Missile Defense Agency systems that support U.S. national security objectives. Additional U.S. Department of War (DOW) uses include: • Radar – Supporting high-value military radar applications such as synthetic aperture radar (high-resolution imaging using radar signal reflections), ground-moving target indication, and missile tracking. • Assured and Alternative PNT (Position, Navigation, and Timing) – Providing a stronger, jam-resistant signal compared to existing GPS, improving indoor reception and cybersecurity through authentication and encryption. • Blue Force Tracking (BFT) & Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) – Improving situational awareness of troop and asset locations, reducing friendly fire incidents. • UAS/Drone Control – Enabling remote control of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in areas lacking terrestrial infrastructure. • Signal Intelligence – Detecting and reading electromagnetic emissions of the enemy. • Signal Jamming – Jamming enemy signals over large geographical areas, such as maritime zones and remote areas, where terrestrial jammers are impractical. ✅ Europa Track 2 Opportunity In February, AST entered into an agreement with the United States Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Europa Track 2 Commercial Solutions program. The agreement has a total contract value of approximately $30 million. The Europa Track 2 effort is focused on delivering immediate, operationally relevant tactical communications capabilities to U.S. forces around the globe. While just an initial agreement, successful trials could lead to large, recurring government service contracts that harness the dual-use BlueBirds’ global reach, broadband capabilities and encrypted communications. ✅ First Responder Opportunity AST is also poised to enable supplemental coverage for U.S. first responders (law enforcement, fire/rescue, EMS, emergency management) who require full geographic coverage and 100% uptime, including during natural disasters, in order to provide mission-critical services. AST is partnered with both AT&T and Verizon, and integration continues with AT&T’s FirstNet partnership in the U.S. AST recently announced a Definitive Agreement with Singapore’s DSTA (Defence Science and Technology Agency) which builds on a previous MOU and we believe AST is working with numerous MNOs and or governments in Europe, the Middle East and Central and South America to expand public safety connectivity. We believe these hybrid-partnerships will be an important and stable part of their business going forward. ✅ International Opportunity Most developed nations will want defense and emergency services capabilities similar to the U.S. For example, we understand that NATO’s future SATCOM program is actively exploring using AST for 5G direct-to-device service. And Vodafone, AST’s joint venture partner in Europe, offers mission critical emergency services to first responders. They plan to add direct-to-device mobile broadband satellite services to this offering across the EU when it is available through their Satellite Connect Europe joint venture. To estimate AST’s non-U.S. defense opportunity, we begin with our U.S. DOW revenue estimate of $1.0 to $2.5 billion per annum. We haircut this by half to reflect smaller NATO and non-NATO allied nation defense budgets (cumulatively $0.5 trillion vs. $1.0 trillion at DOW), and adjust further because these nations will likely spend a lower percentage of their budgets on satellite capabilities, leveraging the U.S. Golden Dome where permitted. In total, we estimate that AST will generate $300 to $750 million in annual revenue from non-U.S. defense spending in the intermediate term. To estimate AST’s non-U.S. first responder opportunity, we begin with our U.S. first responder revenue estimate of $720 million per annum. We adjust our U.S. number to account for differences in population and GDP (across all developed nations, ex-China) and further adjust for the likelihood that AST will have lower first responder market share internationally. In total, we estimate that AST will generate $400 million in annual revenue from non-U.S. first responders in the intermediate term. ✅ Total Military, Intelligence, and First Responder Opportunity In total, as previously itemized, we expect AST will generate $2.4 to $4.4 billion in annual revenue from worldwide military and first responder opportunities in the intermediate term. Beyond this, the U.S. National Intelligence Program has a budget of about $80 billion (vs. about $1 trillion at the DOW), which we do not specifically account for in this exercise. That said, it seems clear that many of the capabilities that AST is potentially providing to the DOW would also be valuable to intelligence agencies both here and abroad. ✅ Strides Made in AST’s Satellite Fleet Over the course of 2025, AST made enormous strides in the design, construction and assembly of its full-size (2,400 SF) dual-use, low-band communication satellites that will become the backbone of its fleet. In December 2025, after the successful launch of the first, full-sized Block 2 Bluebird 6 satellite, AST announced that it had stabilized the spacecraft and fully deployed its massive phased array. Our discussions with the company lead us to believe the satellite is performing as expected mechanically. The next step is to dial-in the software used to control beamforming and RF transmissions. This requires an iterative process that involves software elements that control the satellite, the ground station antennas and AST’s equipment that interconnects with the MNO’s core network. Though time consuming, these learnings will be adapted across all the satellites launched in the coming years. ✅ A Short-Term Setback In February 2026, AST shipped B2BB 7 to Cape Canaveral for launch on a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket in mid-April 2026. A successful launch on a New Glenn rocket would represent the third global launch provider AST can use for launch services and an important milestone as AST seeks to diversify its service provider network and keep multiple parties competing for its launch business. Though the boost stage worked flawlessly, the second stage failed to lift B2BB 7 to its intended orbit. While the satellite separated from the launch vehicle and powered on, the altitude was too low to sustain operations. Consequently, the satellite was de-orbited a few days later and burned up in the atmosphere. One consolation is that the cost of the satellite is expected to be recovered under an insurance policy. The FAA is leading an investigation into the second stage failure and it may be a month or more before the findings are released and Blue Origin’s modifications are approved and implemented. Blue Origin is slated to be an important provider of launch services in the second half of the year for AST but a thorough investigation is warranted before they can resume launches from Florida. AST is currently in production through BlueBird 32 with BlueBirds 8 to1 0 expected to be ready to ship to Cape Canaveral by mid-May with production and launch cadence picking up from there. As they ramp to six satellites per month, AST should be able to build and launch approximately 45 satellites this year which would result in activation of nearly continuous service in the U.S., as well as parts of Europe, Japan and the Middle East. Their goal remains a constellation of approximately 90-95 B2BBs in service by year end 2027. In the spectrum arena, the company continues its global efforts. They reached a successful conclusion of the Ligado litigation which will allow AST access to North American L-band MSS for its Block 3 BlueBird satellites, the first of which is expected launch at the end of 2026 or early 2027. The B3BBs will use mid-band spectrum (both L & S- band) that will allow more data throughput at faster speeds than the B2BBs. Block 2s are more coverage focused while Block 3s are more capacity oriented. AST is pursing 2GHz S-band spectrum in Europe through regulatory channels and its partnership with Vodafone and is working on MSS applications in Brazil, Mexico and other international locations. ✅ Update on Competition Starlink, a satellite internet constellation wholly owned by aerospace company SpaceX, is best known for its satellite to home internet service. But four years ago, Starlink teamed with T-Mobile USA to develop and launch a new and well-funded direct-to-cell competitor to AST. However, Starlink’s planned direct-to-cell voice and data service is now limited to simple text messaging, location sharing, and a few essential apps that offer VOIP but no broadband or internet connectivity. To work, the service requires users be outdoors with a direct view of the sky while their handoff puts a heavy strain on a cell phone’s battery. Starlink plans a reboot with newly designed direct-to-cell satellites with new capabilities. These are expected to launch on its larger Starship rocket after receiving regulatory approval. In April, Amazon announced that it will acquire Globalstar, a mobile satellite services operator known for powering Apple’s Emergency SOS feature, in a $12bb transaction expected to close in 2027. This text only direct-to-cell offering will be paired with Amazon LEO, Amazon’s satellite to home internet service whose satellites are just now being launched. Amazon LEO will ultimately consist of thousands of satellites and compete directly with Starlink’s satellite to home internet services. It will likely be 2-5 yrs before Amazon LEO has the capacity or coverage to compete with Starlink on home internet services. And we believe that AST will not see any additional competition from a revamped or reconstituted Amazon / Globalstar based direct-to-cell service before 2030. We believe Amazon will receive the necessary regulatory approvals over the next year to acquire Globalstar based on recent comments by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr who went on record saying he supports three direct-to-cell competitors in the U.S. The question remains, will Amazon/Globalstar remain a bolt on service with the MNOs (like Starlink direct-to-cell or Apple SOS today) or will it take the much more difficult route over the remainder of the decade of engineering a service that integrates into an MNO’s core network as AST has already done. ✅ Excellent Management Supporting our view, we believe that AST founder, Chairman, and CEO, Abel Avellan, has assembled a first-class space and wireless technical team, paired with strong commercial, regulatory and legal talent. They have now put in place a team of close to 2,000 employees in five countries. Over the last five years, we have had the opportunity to meet many of their senior leaders, engineers, scientists and Midland factory employees during our visits to headquarters in Midland, Texas and during the launch events in Cape Canaveral. In addition to their employee growth, AST continues to add industry thought leaders and partners to its Board of Directors. ✅ Summary The last six months showed increasing operational momentum, growing government interest, artful balance sheet management and new company forecasts of revenues approaching $1 billion in 2027, the first full year of continuous coverage across key markets. The company recently filed to increase its constellation shells to four and its satellite count from 248 to 543 at the ITU (International Telecommunications Union). These planned satellites will now include Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) augmentation bands, low-band and S-band capabilities and circle the globe in staggered attitudes up to 740km in two new inclinations of 40- and 55-degrees - including up to 28 sun synchronous and 18 equatorial satellites. Look for more information flow from Europe around their work with Vodafone on IRIS2, Satellite Connect Europe and S-band allocations over the course of the year. In the U.S., the FCC has granted AST full commercial authorization to deploy its initial shell of 248 non-geostationary satellites while the ITU application to expand to 543 is pending. We continue to believe we are on the cusp of a new communication revolution with decades of potential growth in front of it, and believe AST will play an integral role. AST is a “special situation” investment for the Hennessy Focus Fund, as it does not meet the Fund’s typical compounder model of historically producing a sustained mid-teens or higher rate of earnings growth. However, we believe it presents a very compelling “emerging compounder” profile with a favorable risk-return profile at today’s price. Original Weblink: hennessyfunds.com/insights/c…

Peak download speed 98.9 Mbps. From space. With our Block 1 satellites. Direct to a standard smartphone over international waters. No modifications. No new hardware. Next-generation satellites expected to nearly double these speeds! Built in Texas. Space-based cellular broadband. Connecting everywhere. 🌎📶📱 #ASTSpaceMobile #Broadband #ConnectingtheUnconnected #BlueBirds

Inside our new Midland facility, purpose-built for high-volume Micron production. Nearly 500,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing infrastructure in Texas driving automation and scale. Supporting production of up to six satellites per month, and a launch cadence of every one to two months on average.🚀 The largest commercial phased arrays ever to be deployed in low Earth orbit. Built in Texas. Connecting the unconnected with space-based cellular broadband. 🌎📶📱 #ASTSpaceMobile #Broadband #ConnectingtheUnconnected #BlueBirds

Announcement: Mid-June launch of three Bluebird satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 32 next-generation satellites at advanced stages of assembly to be ready for launch. Network deployment with a launch every one to two months on average. Space-based cellular broadband. Built in Texas. 🌎📶📱 #ASTSpaceMobile #Broadband #ConnectingtheUnconnected #BlueBirds

FCC Grants AST SpaceMobile Commercial Authority to Deliver Direct-to-Device Cellular Broadband from Space Advancing Nationwide, Resilient Cellular Broadband Connectivity in the United States businesswire.com/news/home/2…

$ASTS: The FCC has granted AST full commercial approval of the planned 248 satellite constellation docs.fcc.gov/public/attachme…

$ASTS Loren (Larry) Reed, Spacecraft & Launch Vehicle Engineering, AST SpaceMobile: ** UPDATE Bluebird-7 Satellite Total Loss ** As most have heard by now, the Bluebird-7 Satellite was placed into a lower-than planned orbit due to an issue with the New Glenn upper stage. Contact was established after the satellite powered-on, and engineering data is being obtained. Unfortunately, the on-board propulsion capability of BB-7 is not sufficient to boost it into a suitable orbit, so rather than allow the current orbit to decay unpredictably the satellite will be deorbited deliberately in a controlled manner. Although the fault was not with AST, and the cost of the loss will be covered by insurance, this is still a real “gut punch” for the AST’s production, launch, and payload operations teams, as well as the rest of the company. 😢😢 Despite having delivered engineering support and task team leadership for over a hundred shuttle launches over more than two decades, I can truthfully say that I have NEVER worked SO HARD in my entire life as over the past several months getting BB-7 transported to Florida from Texas, put through the complicated process of test and checkout operations, followed by payload fairing encapsulation at Blue Origin. Long stints of 12-hour-plus days at times to meet a demanding launch processing schedule can sure take a lot out of you. But seeing a spacecraft which YOU and your teammates have poured heart and soul into soar into space is an uplifting experience which makes you forget about all the hard work, sleepless nights, and non-stop frenetic activity it took to make it happen. However, days like today; with such unexpected bad news coming on the heels of what seemed like a wonderful achievement for both payload and launch provider… well, they remind me of some other dark days from my spaceflight career. Thankfully no lives were lost, and the satellite is insured, but so much hard work and effort on the part of the entire AST team is gone now, and with nothing to show for it. “The only easy day was yesterday”. As in many other difficult endeavors, that saying from the Navy Seals often holds true in spaceflight as well. 😢😢 But for the AST team my fervent prayer is that after this unexpected shock is recovered from, there will be better days ahead with more and more Bluebird satellites coming off the production line, and hopefully new launch successes ahead. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 [Note - all graphics are from public-domain materials. New Glenn 2 Upper Stage shown. AST Bluebird-7 satellite during payload fairing encapsulation with satellite circled.]

On the ground. Kicking the “tires”. 5% scale rocket behind me. Looking forward to the launch tomorrow morning.

AST SpaceMobile Announces BlueBird 7 Launch Date of Sunday, April 19, Invites Retail Investors to Attend Live Launch Event at Cape Canaveral businesswire.com/news/home/2…

🚨Talent War: @AST_SpaceMobile is absorbing Globalstar’s "Golden Core" The race for D2D supremacy isn't just being fought with satellites-it’s being fought with talents. Recent workforce data reveals a massive shift: $ASTS has recruited 12–15% of $GSAT "Golden Core" tech team!

Het Pentagon heeft tot vandaag om high res UFO videos te overhandigen aan US Congress. De filenames zijn de expliciet vermeld. En dat maakt het des te intrigerender. x.com/UAPWatchers/status/204…

& 🅰️ quick space update for our #SpaceMob crew - Our space legacy continues later this year. #FirstNet will offer beta 🛰️ services, using an everyday smartphone to select first responders with @AST_SpaceMobile’s satellites. Plans are underway for a larger release in the future.