Launch five Block 1 BlueBird satellites
Delivered after the deadline
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- Announced
- 14 Nov 2022
- Due
- 31 Dec 2023
- Delivered
- by 12 Sep 2024
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“Plan to launch five Block 1 BlueBird satellites in late 2023”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
The company committed to launching five Block 1 BlueBird satellites in late 2023, but the satellites were actually launched in September 2024.
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A AST SpaceMobile, Inc. 10-Q filed 2024-11-14
“The costs of the five Block 1 BB satellites that were launched in September 2024 and determined to be ready for use in October 2024” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved -6.0% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (13 Nov 2024 to 18 Nov 2024). What this measures
Checked 2 Oct 2026.
Commitment lineage
Every time the company restated this commitment. The original is never changed, and the outcome is always measured against version 1.
- Deadline drift +244 days
- 4 versions
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Version 1 · original · stated 14 Nov 2022
Deadline 31 Dec 2023 (“in late 2023”) · wording expected
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Version 2 · stated 31 Mar 2023
Deadline 31 Mar 2024 (“Q1 2024”) · wording expected
“Plan to launch five Block 1 BlueBird satellites in Q1 2024”
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Version 3 · stated 15 May 2023
Deadline 31 Mar 2024 (“Q1 2024”) · target 5 satellites · wording expected
“Production on track for planned launch of 5 Block 1 satellites in Q1 2024”
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Version 4 · stated 1 Apr 2024
Deadline 31 Aug 2024 (“between July and August of 2024”) · wording expected
“Five 700 sq. ft. Block 1 BlueBird Satellites expected to be transported from our assembly facilities to the launch site between July and August of 2024”
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Commercial launch
- Indicative materiality
- Medium rules
- Action
- Launch
- Deliverable
- five Block 1 BlueBird satellites
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
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