AST SpaceMobile -16%, Misses Q3 Earnings Expectations, Announces New Launch Service Agreements
AST SpaceMobile -16%, Misses Q3 Earnings Expectations, Announces New Launch Service Agreements
"We achieved many significant milestones in the quarter and continue our momentum with several key pieces now in place," said Abel Avellan, founder, chairman and CEO of AST SpaceMobile. $AST SpaceMobile (ASTS.US)$ shares were trading more than 16% lower just after 9:45 AM ET on Friday after the company reported financial results for the third quarter Thursday after the bell.
$AST SpaceMobile (ASTS.US)$ 在公司周四收盘后的星期五上午9点45分后，股份交易下跌超过16%。
AST SpaceMobile reported third-quarter revenue of $1.1 million. The company reported an adjusted loss of $1.10 per share, missing analyst estimates for a loss of 20 cents per share, according to Benzinga Pro.
ASt SpaceMobile报告了110万美元的第三季度营业收入。该公司每股调整后亏损1.10美元，未达到每股20美分的分析师预测，根据彭博专业网站。
Operating expenses for the third quarter totaled $66.6 million, up $2.7 million from the second quarter. The company ended the period with $518.9 million in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash.
第三季度的营业费用总计为6660万，比第二季度增加270万。该公司期末现金、现金等价物及受限现金为51890万。
"We achieved many significant milestones in the quarter and continue our momentum with several key pieces now in place," said Abel Avellan, founder, chairman and CEO of AST SpaceMobile.
ASt SpaceMobile的创始人、董事长兼首席执行官Abel Avellan表示：“我们在本季度取得了许多重大里程碑，并继续保持我们的势头，现在已有几个关键要素到位。”
"With the first five BlueBird satellites successfully unfolded and entering initial operations, our business is progressing according to plan. We've advanced our strategy across multiple efforts including progress on securing orbital launch capacity, growing our manufacturing capability, and expanding our customer ecosystem."
他说：“随着前五颗BlueBird卫星成功展开并进入初步操作，我们的业务按计划推进。我们在多个方面推进了我们的策略，包括确保轨道发射能力、增长我们的制造业-半导体能力以及扩展我们的客户生态系统。”
AST SpaceMobile separately announced launch services agreements securing the orbital launch capacity to enable continuous space-based cellular broadband service coverage.
AST SpaceMobile另外宣布启动服务协议，确保轨道发射能力，以实现连续的基于空间的蜂窝宽带服务覆盖。
The company's global service will initially target key markets including the U.S., Europe, Japan and other strategic markets.
该公司的全球服务最初将瞄准包括美国、欧洲、日本和其他战略市场在内的关键市场。
The company's next-gen Block 2 Bluebird satellites are expected to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the Bluebirds currently in orbit, and are designed to be compatible with all major launch vehicles.
公司的下一代Block 2 Bluebird卫星预计将提供高达现有轨道中Bluebird卫星10倍的带宽容量，并且设计上与所有主要运载工具兼容。
"With these new launch services agreements, our in-house vertically integrated manufacturing capabilities in Texas, our mobile operator partners, and the additional capital raised during 2024, we are now well-positioned to reach our goal of continuous cellular broadband service coverage, enabling our service to hundreds of millions of users around the world and the U.S. government," said Scott Wisniewski, president of AST SpaceMobile.
“凭借这些新的发射服务协议，我们在德克萨斯州的内部垂直整合制造能力，我们的移动运营商合作伙伴，以及在2024年筹集的额外资本，我们现在已处于良好位置，实现我们持续的蜂窝宽带服务覆盖的目标，使我们的服务能够覆盖全球数亿用户和美国政府，”ASt SpaceMobile总裁Scott Wisniewski表示。
