Lead item · 25 June 2026

POSITIONINGAST SpaceMobile (Rakuten JV) / Lynk 2 GHz MSS spectrum allocation

AST schedules three more satellites for August

AST launches faster than SES modelled, making it a real 2 GHz competitor.

1 in 271 items swept clears the bar·Brief of 25 June 2026, 22:17 UTC

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