AST SpaceMobile's BlueBirds 8/9/10 are now confirmed operational in orbit

Incremental confirmation of the already-known Block 2 cadence (BlueBirds 8/9/10 launched Jun 17 per priors.md); no schedule change.

1 in 271 items swept clears the bar·Brief of 21 July 2026, 21:11 UTC

The desk logged this but did not push it. A weak signal sits below the bar for a lead item — it is watched, not yet acted on.