AST SpaceMobile Shares Drop Despite Successful Launch

Dow Jones09-12

By Dean Seal

Shares of AST SpaceMobile fell after the company said the launch of its first five commercial satellites was successful.

The stock was down 12% at $24.44 in early trading on Thursday. Shares have quadrupled this year.

The Midland, Texas company, which is developing a space-based cellular network, said its first five BlueBird satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Thursday morning and delivered the five largest-ever commercial communications array into low-Earth orbit.

The satellites are expected to offer non-continuous cellular broadband services across the U.S. and certain markets around the world with beams designed to support up to 40 MHz of capacity.

Write to Dean Seal at dean.seal@wsj.com

 

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September 12, 2024 11:08 ET (15:08 GMT)

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