MIDLAND, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, and designed for both commercial and government applications, is providing its business update and results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025.
“AST SpaceMobile continues to lead the direct-to-device space-based cellular broadband industry,” commented Abel Avellan, Founder, Chairman and CEO of AST SpaceMobile. “During the past few months, commercial activity has significantly accelerated, demonstrating the robust demand for our solution across the ecosystem.”
Avellan added, “Our definitive commercial agreements with Verizon and stc Group are milestone achievements, representing transformational partnerships stemming from our commercial and network operator partner strategy as we continue to build long-term commercial relationships with industry leaders around the world, which includes agreements with over 50 MNO partners with nearly 3 billion subscribers globally.”
Business Update
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Significant contract wins with the signing of definitive commercial agreements with stc Group and Verizon, as well as additional traction with U.S. Government customer
- stc Group agreement covers Saudi Arabia and other key regional markets in the Middle East and North Africa, with a 10-year term and $175.0 million prepayment for future services
- Verizon agreement further expands strategic partnership announced in May 2024 and positions AST SpaceMobile to target 100% geographical coverage in the continental United States
- Received new contract award with the U.S. Government as prime contractor, subject to contract negotiations, while continuing to perform against existing contracts
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Secured over $1.0 billion in aggregate contracted revenue commitments from partners as commercialization efforts and integration with partner networks accelerate
- Initial activation in key markets including nationwide intermittent service across the continental United States, with plans for activations in Canada, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom in early 2026
- Announced intention with Vodafone for new EU constellation serving mobile network operators across Europe, with Germany as satellite operations center
- GAAP revenue of $14.7 million in Q3 of 2025 driven by U.S. Government contract milestones and gateway deliveries
- Company reiterates its second-half 2025 revenue guidance of $50.0 million to $75.0 million
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Started multi-provider orbital launch campaign following shipment of BlueBird 6 to India with launch expected in first half of December
- BlueBird 7 expected to ship to Cape Canaveral in November with orbital launch anticipated shortly thereafter
- On track for five orbital launches expected by the end of Q1 2026, with launches every one to two months on average to reach goal of 45 to 60 satellites by end of 2026
- BlueBird 8 to BlueBird 19 are in various stages of production and expect to complete assembly of 40 satellites equivalent of microns by early 2026
- Proprietary ASIC with up to 10 GHz of processing bandwidth planned for first integration during Q1 2026
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Robust balance sheet with over $3.2 billion in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and liquidity, pro forma for convertible notes offering, monetized capped call, and aggregate proceeds and availability under the ATM facility (as of September 30, 2025)
- Raised $1.15 billion of gross proceeds from new 10-year convertible senior notes offering, with a 2.00% coupon and effective conversion price of $96.30 per share of Class A common stock
- Efficiently managed capital structure and financial assets, reducing the 4.25% convertible senior notes to $50.0 million outstanding and monetizing the related capped call for $74.5 million in net cash proceeds
Third Quarter 2025 Financial Highlights
- Revenue of $14.7 million during the third quarter driven by gateway deliveries and U.S. Government milestones
- Total operating expenses for the third quarter of 2025 were $94.4 million, including $26.7 million of depreciation and amortization and stock-based compensation expense. This represents an increase of $20.4 million as compared to $74.0 million in the second quarter of 2025 due to a $12.2 million increase in engineering services costs, a $5.5 million increase in cost of gateway deliveries, a $2.6 million increase in general and administrative costs, and a $1.0 million increase in depreciation and amortization expense, partially offset by a $0.9 million decrease in research and development costs
- Adjusted operating expenses(1) for the third quarter of 2025 were $67.7 million, an increase of $16.0 million as compared to $51.7 million in the second quarter of 2025 due to a $7.6 million increase in Adjusted engineering services costs(1), a $5.5 million increase in cost of gateway deliveries, and a $3.8 million increase in Adjusted general and administrative costs(1), partially offset by a $0.9 million decrease in research and development costs
- As of September 30, 2025, we had cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash of $1.2 billion
- As of September 30, 2025, we had incurred approximately $1.2 billion of gross capitalized property and equipment costs and accumulated depreciation and amortization of $158.0 million. The capitalized costs include costs of satellite materials for BlueBird satellites, advance launch payments, capital advances, Block 1 and BlueWalker 3 satellites, assembly and integration facilities including assembly and test equipment, and ground antennas
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures in this press release, including Adjusted operating expenses, Adjusted engineering services costs and Adjusted general and administrative costs. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful measures across time in evaluating our operating performance as we use these measures to manage the business, including in preparing our annual operating budget and financial projections. These non-GAAP financial measures have no standardized meaning prescribed by U.S. GAAP, and therefore have limits in their usefulness to investors. Because of the non-standardized definitions, these measures may not be comparable to the calculation of similar measures of other companies and are presented solely to provide investors with useful information to more fully understand how management assesses performance. These measures are not, and should not be viewed as, a substitute for their most directly comparable GAAP measures. Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures and the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are included in the tables accompanying this press release.
Conference Call Information
AST SpaceMobile will hold a quarterly business update conference call at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Monday, November 10, 2025. The call will be accessible via a live webcast on the Events page of AST SpaceMobile’s Investor Relations website at https://ast-science.com/investors/. An archive of the webcast will be available shortly after the call.
About AST SpaceMobile
AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only global cellular broadband network in space to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices based on our extensive IP and patent portfolio, and designed for both commercial and government applications. Our engineers and space scientists are on a mission to eliminate the connectivity gaps faced by today’s five billion mobile subscribers and finally bring broadband to the billions who remain unconnected. For more information, follow AST SpaceMobile on YouTube, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn and Facebook. Watch this video for an overview of the SpaceMobile mission.
Forward-Looking Statements
This communication contains “forward-looking statements” that are not historical facts, and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of AST SpaceMobile to differ materially from those expected and projected. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the words “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “potential,” “projects,” “predicts,” “continue,” or “should,” or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results. Most of these factors are outside AST SpaceMobile’s control and are difficult to predict.
Factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (i) expectations regarding AST SpaceMobile’s strategies and future financial performance, including AST’s future business plans or objectives, expected functionality of the SpaceMobile Service, anticipated timing of the launch of the Block 2 BlueBird satellites, anticipated demand and acceptance of mobile satellite services, prospective performance and commercial opportunities and competitors, the timing of obtaining regulatory approvals, ability to finance its research and development activities, commercial partnership acquisition and retention, products and services, pricing, marketing plans, operating expenses, market trends, revenues, liquidity, cash flows and uses of cash, capital expenditures, and AST SpaceMobile’s ability to invest in growth initiatives; (ii) the negotiation of definitive agreements with mobile network operators relating to the SpaceMobile Service that would supersede preliminary agreements and memoranda of understanding and the ability to enter into commercial agreements with other parties or government entities; (iii) the ability of AST SpaceMobile to grow and manage growth profitably and retain its key employees and AST SpaceMobile’s responses to actions of its competitors and its ability to effectively compete; (iv) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (v) the possibility that AST SpaceMobile may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (vi) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against AST SpaceMobile; and (vii) other risks and uncertainties indicated in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including those in the Risk Factors section of AST SpaceMobile’s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 3, 2025 and Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 12, 2025 and November 10, 2025.
AST SpaceMobile cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. AST SpaceMobile cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. For information identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors in AST SpaceMobile’s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 3, 2025 and Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 12, 2025 and November 10, 2025. AST SpaceMobile’s securities filings can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, AST SpaceMobile disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results
Adjusted operating expenses, Adjusted engineering services costs and Adjusted general and administrative costs are alternative financial measures used by management to evaluate our operating performance as a supplement to our most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure. We define Adjusted operating expense as Total operating expenses adjusted to exclude amounts of stock-based compensation expense and depreciation and amortization expense. We define Adjusted engineering services costs and Adjusted general and administrative costs as engineering services costs and general and administrative costs adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation expenses.
We believe Adjusted operating expenses, Adjusted engineering services costs and Adjusted general and administrative costs are useful measures across time in evaluating our operating performance as we use these measures to manage the business, including in preparing our annual operating budget and financial projections. Adjusted operating expenses, Adjusted engineering services costs, and Adjusted general and administrative costs are non-GAAP financial measures that have no standardized meaning prescribed by U.S. GAAP, and therefore have limits in their usefulness to investors. Because of the non-standardized definitions, these measures may not be comparable to the calculation of similar measures of other companies and are presented solely to provide investors with useful information to more fully understand how management assesses performance. These measures are not, and should not be viewed as, a substitute for their most directly comparable GAAP measure of Total operating expenses, Engineering services costs and General and administrative costs.
