@TomBomb6dil Come on Tom. Absorb the reality.

@READYPLAYERZER0 @PalmerLuckey @mrlubos @AST_SpaceMobile Hey @PalmerLuckey were you aware that Apple and Globalstar have had FREE satellite texting for iPhones since 2022?!!! Yeah. Guess what. Starlink and T-Mobile are trying to catch up. Yep. Stay tuned. Something even bigger will be announced by Applestar.

@TMFAssociates Avellan's original schedule was operational by 2023. Way behind.

@SpaceInvestor_D Add $gsat to your list. It will outperform everything this year. Mark it.

News today is overwhelmingly negative for ASTS Space Mobile. Starlink is stealing their thunder and showing Verizon what can be done NOW for SCS coverage. As Starlink and ASTS battle it out for dead spots... Applestar is launching something much bigger. Stay tuned...

@pbdes @Megaconstellati @MDA_space @Apple Average lead time is ~ 2 years. If they started in 2023...then these 50 should be almost ready for launch. No?

@tim_cook Applestar!

@peter_adderton @MikeSievert Translated: "It's going horrible. Starlink over promised and under delivered."

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RT @defiantclient: To no one’s surprise, the supposed “partnership” between @Apple and @Starlink / @SpaceX was nothing but a sensational ru…

@trypto_tran @EchoStar Could be. Two companies need MSS spectrum: 1. Amazon 2. Starlink. One has the cash to do it. The other doesn't. Apple could buy too, but it isn't necessary and would be more to block competition and add capacity.

@trmcdonald @WaltLightShed @TMFAssociates @Megaconstellati @markgurman Exactly. It's a juggernaut. Where the handset goes...the network must follow.

@coopercdavis @WaltLightShed @TMFAssociates @Megaconstellati @trmcdonald @markgurman

@trypto_tran That was for the replacement sats for existing constellation.

A key note in the PR: The definitive contract announced today is a follow-on to an initial Authorization to Proceed (ATP) contract with an undisclosed customer, previously announced on November 17, 2023.

RT @bvrningcapital: There aren’t many examples of Apple investing billions into a company that didn’t result in an acquisition. Are there a…