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J-LEO: Why Japan Just Chose AST SpaceMobile Over SpaceX
What happens when the world's two most rigorous technology regulators independently audit the same satellite company and reach the same conclusion? AST SpaceMobile Podcast breaks down the seismic implications of Rakuten Group and AST SpaceMobile's confirmed fifty-fifty joint venture — a move engineered specifically to win Japan's highly contested J-LEO grant, a one-hundred-and-fifty-billion-yen government subsidy with a hard deadline of March 2029. This isn't just a business deal; it's a sovereign statement about the future of space-based cellular broadband.
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