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Pathikrit Bose

FOUND: Ast spacemobile just made satellite history should you buy asts stock for 2026 | Mind Blowing Facts

2025 could not have gone any better for satellite communications company AST SpaceMobile (ASTS). ASTS stock is up almost 250% on a year-to-date (YTD) basis, and now it's ending the year on another high, quite literally. On Dec. 24, the Texas-based company revealed the successful launch of the Bluebird 6 into orbit. With this, Bluebird 6 becomes the largest commercial communications array to be deployed in low Earth orbit. Notably, Bluebird 6 is built to transmit 4G and 5G cellular broadband directly to ordinary, unmodified smartphones from space. This means that no special satellite phone or extra hardware is needed, a game-changer for internet connectivity in remote or underserved areas.

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