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$ASTS is moving another market closer to commercial service as 2degrees opens a new satellite ground station in New Zealand. The gateway directly connects AST SpaceMobile’s network into 2degrees infrastructure.

China’s homegrown C919 large passenger aircraft completed its first scheduled international commercial flight, marking another milestone in its commercial operation. Since entering commercial service in May 2023, the C919 has logged more than 130,000 safe flight hours. The Chinese-made C919 has gained widespread market recognition for its operational reliability and cabin comfort.

BREAKING: Starlink has officially gone live on Copa Airlines. • First Latin American airline to adopt Starlink. • First aircraft has entered commercial service. • Full-fleet rollout expected across Copa’s Boeing 737 aircraft. • Anounced Starlink in April; rollout now live.

Elon Musk has just confirmed that Starlink remains critical to Ukraine’s defense, but it is a civilian commercial service and should not be used for offensive drone strikes to kill people. SpaceX closed a loophole enabling those strikes last week. Starshield is a separate system controlled by the US government. Starlink was crucial in the early days of the war and remains essential to Ukraine’s front line. “SpaceX has done more to defend Ukraine than any private company on Earth BY FAR.” Elon helped keep Ukraine connected in its darkest hours. That is an extraordinary contribution, and he deserves enormous respect and gratitude for it. Standing by his principles while pushing for an end to the killing shows real courage and leadership.

$ASTS now has over 60 ground gateways in development worldwide as it targets initial satellite coverage on regular smartphones before end of 2026. Great to see carrier partners helping fund the ground infrastructure so ASTS can focus more of its capital on expanding its constellation as commercial service gets closer.

🇪🇸 Spain's first national Level 4 permit: the traffic authority DGT cleared WeRide, Uber and AVOMO to run 20 WeRide GXR Robotaxis in Greater Madrid. A safety specialist stays on board, and commercial service is targeted for end-2026. Tesla should use that opportunity and prepare for and introduce Cybercabs in 🇪🇺 Europe.

$ASTS and TELUS just completed their first satellite to smartphone test across broadband, voice and text on unmodified phones with commercial service expected within the next year. Canada is almost built for this model because huge areas are uneconomic to cover with towers and every carrier partner gives AST access to an existing customer base without having to build a consumer brand from scratch.