Why AST SpaceMobile Stock Is Trading Higher Today

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTS) shares are trading higher premarket on Thursday after the company disclosed that its BlueBird 7 mission is scheduled to launch in late February.

It is set to take off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Launch Details

BlueBird 7, identical to BlueBird 6, is the second satellite in AST SpaceMobile's next-generation rollout.

Spanning nearly 2,400 square feet, it carries the largest commercial communications array in low Earth orbit—3.5 times