Overview
- BlueBird 6 completed final assembly and testing and is scheduled to depart for India on Oct. 12, starting the company’s next wave of deployments.
- BlueBird 7 is slated to ship to Cape Canaveral later this month, with BlueBirds 8–16 in production for launches every one to two months through 2025 and 2026.
- AST SpaceMobile reiterated goals to finish 40 phased arrays by early 2026 and to have 45–60 satellites in orbit by the end of 2026.
- Shares jumped on the update and set a new 52-week high, and Barclays lifted its price target on the stock to $60.
- The company says it is preparing intermittent nationwide U.S. service by late 2025, with rollouts in the U.K., Japan and Canada expected in early 2026.