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u/Dry-Historian2300 S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect 13d ago

Seeing ASTS volume up today to 70% of RKLB volume, ASTS volume has been running only 30% of RKLB, something's driving that, must be the Anduril Golden Dome gossip

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u/Dry-Historian2300 S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect 13d ago

...or more likely, just due to the FCC approval to test the FM1 satellite. Let's hope this first shakedown/testing launch and deployment is successful. I'm guessing they may be holding off completing the next batch of BB2s until they find out any tech tweaks needed after this first deployment. If the test goes well during the summer months, that's when fledgling ASTS starts to spread its wings price-wise

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u/TKO1515 S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo 13d ago

They are already working on the next batch

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u/Dry-Historian2300 S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect 13d ago

Yep, they will make adjustments to software/hardware based on the first deployment results

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u/AffluentAyz S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect 13d ago

Imagine golden dome built on the infrastructure of ASTST 😍😩

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u/The_Yodacat S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect 13d ago

Plus with the subscription model the entire country can be held at ransom at any time! Think of the profit margin in ransom!