{"url_path":"/sec/asts/8-k/2026-07-15/item-7-01","section_key":"item-7-01","section_title":"Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-15","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/0001493152-26-033365-index.html","accession_number":"0001493152-26-033365","cik":"0001780312","ticker":"ASTS","issuer_name":"AST SpaceMobile, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/0001493152-26-033365-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001780312","primary_entity_name":"AST SpaceMobile, Inc."},"word_count":291,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item\n7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure**\n\n** **\n\nIn\nconnection with the Notes Offering, the Company supplemented and updated disclosures contained in the Company’s prior filings with\nthe Securities and Exchange Commission, noting that based on the Company’s current expectations regarding launch availability,\nits launch campaign is targeting approximately 45 of its BlueBird satellites (“BB satellites”) in early 2027. The\ntiming of launch of the BB satellites is contingent on a number of factors including satisfactory and timely completion of the assembly\nand testing of the BB satellites, readiness of the launch vehicle, logistics and other factors, many of which are beyond its control.\nIn addition, the Company is currently in advanced discussions with Rakuten, a shareholder of the Company and e-commerce, financial and\ntelecommunications conglomerate in Japan, regarding the preliminary selection of RAST Co., Ltd. as an indirect subsidy recipient for\nthe Low Earth Orbit Satellite Infrastructure Development Project (J-LEO) for Securing National Self-Reliance, with a total expected value\nup to 148 billion Japanese yen or approximately $1 billion United States dollars. The project supports the development of low-Earth orbit\nsatellite communication infrastructure to realize direct satellite communication services utilizing low-orbit satellite constellations\noperated and managed within Japan. The subsidy award and related joint venture discussions are ongoing and there is no assurance\nthat the joint venture will be finalized or that government financing will be secured.\n\n \n\nThe\ninformation contained in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange\nAct, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor will such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing\nunder the Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing."}