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title: "Key facts: AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) expands BlueBirds; discloses notes"
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description: "AST SpaceMobile (ASTS): BlueBirds 8–10 deployed; 11–13 ready to launch from Cape Canaveral; 14–16 nearing launch; production ongoing through satellite 42 in Texas; next‑gen models target ~100 Mbps. 1AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) disclosed convertible notes. Analyst Farrar said this could fund acquisition or investment in launch providers, naming ULA, Firefly, Relativity and Stoke Space. 2"
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# Key facts: AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) expands BlueBirds; discloses notes

-   AST SpaceMobile (ASTS): BlueBirds 8–10 deployed; 11–13 ready to launch from Cape Canaveral; 14–16 nearing launch; production ongoing through satellite 42 in Texas; next‑gen models target ~100 Mbps. 1
-   AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) disclosed convertible notes. Analyst Farrar said this could fund acquisition or investment in launch providers, naming ULA, Firefly, Relativity and Stoke Space. 2

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