AST SpaceMobile Inc

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

AsFor a detailed discussion of June 30the risks and uncertainties related to our business, please refer to the section titled Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024, t. There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously dset forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, except as specified below.

We will need to raise additional funds for continued operations and to initiate our planned SpaceMobile Service. These funds may not be available to us when we need them on favorable terms or at all. If we cannot raise additional funds when needed in the future, our financial condition and prospects will be negatively affected.

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We wisclosed in tll need to raise significant additional capital for operating and capital expenditures to design, assemble and launch our Block 2 BB satellites and operate a constellation needed to provide continuous global cellular broadband service coverage. 

We currently estimate the saverage capital costs, consisting of direction entitled Risk Factors in o materials and launch costs, for a constellation of 90 Block 2 BB satellites to be approximately $19.0 million to $21.0 million per satellite. We have entered into launch agreements with multiple launch service providers which will enable us to commence a planned launch campaign during 2025 and 2026 to launch up to approximately 45 Block 2 BB satellites, with options available to us for additional launch vehicles, up to a total of approximately 60 Block 2 BB satellites. While launch agreements for our Annual Report on Form 10-K for tsatellites are critical in facilitating our ability to provide the SpaceMobile Service, these contracts and future contracts, once executed, increase our financial risks significantly.

We intend to seek to raise additional capital to fund the year ended December 31, design, assembly and launch of our constellation and operation of the commercial services through the issuance of equity, equity-linked or debt securities (secured or unsecured), secured or unsecured loans or other debt facilities, and credit from government or financial institutions or commercial partners, including through our existing 2023 filed with 4 ATM Equity Program.

Our ability to access the capital markets during this period of volatility may require us to modify our current expectations. There can be no assurance that additional funds will be available to us on favorable terms or at all. If we cannot raise additional funds when needed in the SEC on April 1, 2024future, our financial condition, results of operations, business and prospects will be materially and adversely affected, including as a result of the need to cancel launch agreements and related incurrence of significant termination fees to cancel those launch contracts.