# Abel Avellan

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## Timeline

- **2026-03**: Q4 Earnings Call — Company details path to commercialization and Block 2 satellite deployment.
- **2025-Q4**: BlueBird Block 1 Production — Completion of the first five commercial satellites for initial service.
- **2024-05**: Verizon Partnership — Verizon commits $100M in funding and spectrum access to AST SpaceMobile.
- **2022-09**: BlueWalker 3 Launch — Successful launch of the prototype satellite to prove direct-to-cell technology.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### AST SpaceMobile Accelerates Direct-to-Cell Timeline Amid Q4 Results
2026-03-04 23:05:12 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

AST SpaceMobile reports significant progress in its mission to deliver space-based cellular broadband, highlighting key partnerships with AT&T and Verizon. The company’s Q4 results underscore a pivotal shift from research and development to the commercial deployment of its BlueBird satellite constellation.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/ast-spacemobile-q4-earnings-direct-to-cell-analysis

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