Why Did AST SpaceMobile Stock Pop Today?

Why Did AST SpaceMobile Stock Pop Today?

Key PointsAST SpaceMobile launched three BlueBird satellites in June, and plans to launch three more in August.The launch cadence is accelerating -- with help from SpaceX.10 stocks we like better than AST SpaceMobile › Satellite communications company AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS) jumped 11% through 2:15 p.m. ET this afternoon, and on no obvious good news. No obvious good news today, that is. Earlier in the week, AST offered some encouraging wo…

AST SpaceMobile Block 2 Satellites Reach Orbit

WASHINGTON, June 25, 2026 — AST SpaceMobile’s direct-to-cell ambitions are back in business. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 17, 2026, carrying BlueBirds 8, 9, and 10 into low-Earth orbit. Learn about America250 / Telecom150 Learn about America250 / Telecom150 The deployment marked the first time AST SpaceMobile has launched three of its Block 2 satellites simultaneously, and it mov…

AST Spacemobile to launch three more BlueBirds in August

The satco lost ground after the Blue Origin rocket explosion in May, pushing the launch of initial commercial services to the first half of 2027 AST SpaceMobile says it intends to launch BlueBird satellites 11, 12 and 13 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the first half of August. AST SpaceMobile describes itself as “the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed…