AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS) shares rose 2.09% to $60.09 in Thursday premarket trading following fresh spacecraft and manufacturing updates.
The stock closed Wednesday at $58.86, down 0.91%. Separately, AST SpaceMobile Tokenized bStocks (ASTSB) was trading at $60.56, up 1.33% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap.
AST SpaceMobile said BlueBirds 14, 15, and 16 have left its Texas facility and are being transported to Cape Canaveral. The company did not announce a launch date for the three satellites in the update.
Meanwhile, the company reposted an update from Chairman and CEO Abel Avellan saying BlueBird 11 is fully deployed. Avellan said all 13 satellites in orbit, representing about 20,000 square feet of phased arrays, are performing as planned.
More Than 20 Spacecraft Structures Are Being Integrated
The same convoy update included a broader manufacturing milestone in Midland, Texas. AST SpaceMobile said its production sequence has now reached BlueBird 50, with more than 20 spacecraft structures being integrated as part of its assembly process.
The BlueBird 50 milestone extends the company’s disclosed manufacturing sequence beyond two earlier updates. In its Aug. 10 second-quarter business update, AST SpaceMobile said BlueBirds 17 through 46 were in various stages of production and assembly. The company later said production had advanced through BlueBird 48.
The progression shows how far AST SpaceMobile has advanced in manufacturing, not how many spacecraft it has completed. Spacecraft within that sequence remain at different stages of production and assembly, while BlueBirds 14, 15, and 16 have already moved into the transport stage.
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