AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) shares advanced up to 6.9% in premarket trading Wednesday after the company confirmed the successful deployment of its next-generation BlueBird 6 satellite.
The satellite communications firm, which is developing a space-based cellular broadband network, said in a statement that “BlueBird 6 features the largest commercial communications array antenna ever deployed in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).”
With the latest milestone, the stock has climbed 33% since the start of 2026 through the most recent market close.