AST SpaceMobile Announces BlueBird 7 Launch Date of Sunday, April 19, Invites Retail Investors to Attend Live Launch Event at Cape Canaveral

BlueBird 7 has the largest communications array ever deployed in low Earth orbit and is designed to deliver space based cellular broadband connectivity to everyday smartphones

Limited Number of Spaces Available for Qualified Retail Shareholders

Qualified participants are invited to register for a launch viewing spot at Kennedy Space Center

MIDLAND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, today announced that BlueBird 7 is scheduled to launch on April 19 from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Qualified retail shareholders are invited to attend the live event.

The orbital launch is scheduled for April 19, with a 6:45 am through 8:45 am EDT window, on Blue Origin’s New Glenn-3 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

BlueBird 7 is part of AST SpaceMobile’s next-generation commercial satellites designed to deliver direct-to-device cellular broadband connectivity from space to standard, unmodified smartphones, expected to greatly exceed 120 Mbps peak data speeds. The next-generation BlueBird satellites feature a phased-array antenna spanning approximately 2,400 square feet, engineered to support the power and sensitivity required to connect directly to everyday mobile phones from low Earth orbit. These satellites are designed to support full 4G and 5G broadband speeds, including voice, data, and video services.

“Every launch brings us closer to fulfilling our mission: connecting billions of people through space-based cellular broadband,” said Scott Wisniewski, President of AST SpaceMobile. “Engineered and built in Texas, these satellites are the realization of years of innovation and execution and a testament to our world-class manufacturing capabilities. We are grateful to our shareholders and supporters for their continued trust as we reach another milestone in the deployment of our constellation, and we are proud to invite our investor community to share this next step in the build-out of our global constellation.”

To be eligible to attend the launch event in person, retail investors must hold shares, must have been shareholders for at least 6 months, and must be shareholders at the time of application.

Qualified shareholders may submit their registration for a limited number of viewing spots at Cape Canaveral using the following link.

Registration will close at 8 pm EDT on Friday, April 17, 2026. AST SpaceMobile might conduct a random drawing among registrants to attend this historic launch event if the number of registrations exceed the venue capacity.

AST SpaceMobile has more than 3,850 patents and patent-pending claims with 95% vertically integrated manufacturing across state-of-the-art testing facilities in Midland, Texas and beyond, collectively spanning nearly 500,000 square feet.

The company has agreements with over 50 mobile network operators globally with nearly 3 billion subscribers combined and strategic partnerships with AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Rakuten, Google, American Tower, Bell and stc Group.

The exact timing of orbital launches is subject to change based on a number of factors, including launch readiness of the launch provider, weather conditions, and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. Members of the public will be able to watch a live broadcast on the launch day on AST SpaceMobile's YouTube channel.

About AST SpaceMobile

AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only global cellular broadband network in space to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices based on our extensive IP and patent portfolio, and designed for both commercial and government applications. Our engineers and space scientists are on a mission to enable 4G and 5G space-based cellular broadband to every device, everywhere, for today’s nearly 6 billion mobile subscribers globally. For more information, follow AST SpaceMobile on YouTube, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn and Facebook. Watch this video for an overview of the SpaceMobile mission.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (i) expectations regarding AST SpaceMobile’s strategies and future financial performance, including AST’s future business plans or objectives, expected functionality of the SpaceMobile Service, anticipated timing of the launch of the Block 2 BlueBird satellites, anticipated demand and acceptance of mobile satellite services, prospective performance and commercial opportunities and competitors, the timing of obtaining regulatory approvals, ability to finance its research and development activities, commercial partnership acquisition and retention, products and services, pricing, marketing plans, operating expenses, market trends, revenues, liquidity, cash flows and uses of cash, capital expenditures, and AST SpaceMobile’s ability to invest in growth initiatives; (ii) the negotiation of definitive agreements with mobile network operators relating to the SpaceMobile Service that would supersede preliminary agreements and memoranda of understanding and the ability to enter into commercial agreements with other parties or government entities; (iii) the ability of AST SpaceMobile to grow and manage growth profitably and retain its key employees and AST SpaceMobile’s responses to actions of its competitors and its ability to effectively compete; (iv) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (v) the possibility that AST SpaceMobile may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (vi) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against AST SpaceMobile; and (vii) other risks and uncertainties indicated in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including those in the Risk Factors section of AST SpaceMobile’s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 2, 2026.

AST SpaceMobile cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. AST SpaceMobile cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. For information identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors in AST SpaceMobile’s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 2, 2026. AST SpaceMobile’s securities filings can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, AST SpaceMobile disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.