On April 21st, 2026, the FCC grant­ed AST Space Mobile per­mis­sion to con­duct emer­gency Teleme­try, Track­ing & Con­trol (TT&C) oper­a­tions out­side the Unit­ed States in the 430–440 MHz ama­teur radio band for all their planned 248 satel­lites. More than 2,500 … Read more â†’

On August 29th, 2025, the FCC Space Bureau did grant a license to AST & Sci­ence LLC (oper­at­ing as AST Space Mobile) for using the 430 — 440 MHz ama­teur radio allo­ca­tion for TT&C oper­a­tions for 20 addi­tion­al satel­lites. The … Read more â†’

AST & Sci­ence LLC (oper­at­ing as AST Space­Mo­bile) cur­rent­ly deploys com­mer­cial satel­lites in Low Earth Orbit that uti­lize spec­trum allo­ca­tions with­in the 430–440 MHz ama­teur and ama­teur satel­lite bands for Teleme­try, Track­ing, and Com­mand (TT&C) oper­a­tions. The satel­lites, des­ig­nat­ed Blue­bird … Read more â†’