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AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Is Up 26.6% After Launching First 4G/5G Direct‑to‑Phone BlueBird Satellite
AST SpaceMobile has now successfully launched its BlueBird 6 satellite into low Earth orbit, deploying what it describes as the largest commercial communications array designed to deliver 4G and 5G broadband directly to standard, unmodified smartphones.
This marks a shift from years of development to the early stages of network deployment, with plans for dozens more satellites and commercial agreements covering nearly 3 billion mobile subscribers worldwide.
We’ll now look at how the BlueBird...