https://spacewatch.global/tag/abel-avellan/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:47:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/abel-avellan/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/12/ast-spacemobile-announces-successful-orbital-launch-of-the-bluebird-6-communications-satellite/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70037 AST SpaceMobile, Inc. has launched BlueBird 6, one of the largest commercial communications array deployed in low Earth orbit. The mission lifted off at 10:25 p.m. EST on December 23 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. BlueBird 6 will deliver commercial and government applications, including high-speed 4G and 5G space-based cellular broadband, directly to standard, unmodified smartphones, and government applications that benefit from the power, size, and patented technology of AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird spacecrafts.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/11/ast-spacemobile-partners-stc-group-for-space-based-cellular-broadband-connectivity/ Mon, 03 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68720 AST SpaceMobile, Inc. and stc group have signed a 10-year commercial agreement to enable direct-to-device satellite mobile connectivity across Saudi Arabia and key regional markets. As part of this agreement, stc has committed to a prepayment of $175 million for future services and made a significant long-term commercial revenue commitment.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/07/vodafone-and-ast-spacemobile-headquarter-satco-joint-venture-in-luxembourg/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66046 Vodafone Group and AST SpaceMobile Inc. have announced that their new joint venture company, SatCo, will be headquartered in Luxembourg. AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/vodafone-and-ast-spacemobile-unveil-launch-plans-for-space-based-mobile-network/ Thu, 31 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29238&preview=true&preview_id=29238 AST SpaceMobile, in partnership with Vodafone Group, unveiled plans to launch the first phase of its space-based commercial mobile communications service in 2023. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/rakuten-and-vodafone-invest-in-ast-sciences-space-venture/ Thu, 05 Mar 2020 06:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20253 Rakuten and Vodafone have become the lead investors in a venture to extend mobile coverage to more people and devices across the planet, using the first mobile broadband network that will be broadcast from space.]]>