{"id":64629,"date":"2026-08-08T20:54:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/ast-spacemobile-expands-bluebird-constellation-with-three-new-satellites-targeting-europe\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:54:28","slug":"ast-spacemobile-expands-bluebird-constellation-with-three-new-satellites-targeting-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/ast-spacemobile-expands-bluebird-constellation-with-three-new-satellites-targeting-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"AST SpaceMobile Expands BlueBird Constellation With Three New Satellites, Targeting Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The company is building a network that lets everyday mobile phones link to satellites in orbit, eliminating the need for dedicated satellite equipment. European expansion has been a central focus for AST, which has been signing carrier partnerships across the continent as it works toward commercially viable service.<\/p>\n<p>The three new BlueBird satellites join the existing constellation with a specific emphasis on European coverage. Each additional satellite meaningfully extends the amount of time direct-to-device connectivity is available in the region, and the overall pace of constellation growth determines when the company can deliver service at commercial scale.<\/p>\n<p>For AST SpaceMobile, European coverage represents a key revenue milestone the company has been working toward. The expansion of the constellation directly influences the timeline for reaching commercially viable direct-to-device service in the region where it has been building carrier relationships.<\/p>\n<p>The competition between AST SpaceMobile and Starlink&#8217;s direct-to-cell service continues to accelerate, and European carrier agreements could shape which platform becomes the default for mobile satellite connectivity on the continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company is building a network that lets everyday mobile phones link to satellites in orbit, eliminating the need for dedicated satellite equipment. European expansion has been a central focus for AST, which has been signing carrier partnerships across the continent as it works toward commercially viable service. The three new BlueBird satellites join the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}