AST SpaceMobile Sets April 10 BlueBird 7 Target as Rocket Lab Notches ESA Launch After SpaceX IPO Buzz

AST SpaceMobile has circled April 10 as the new date for its next major launch, landing just as Rocket Lab hits another operational first. Investors in both of these active U.S. space names now have more concrete updates to work with, instead of just chatter. Over the weekend, Blue Origin posted on X that its New Glenn-3 rocket is eyeing no earlier than April 10 for the BlueBird 7 mission with AST. Rocket Lab, for its part, said Friday that it wrapped up its inaugural dedicated launch for the European Space Agency.)

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Space and Defense Stocks to Watch: Lockheed, Huntington Ingalls Rise Into Holiday Week; AST SpaceMobile Deal in Focus

Space and Defense Stocks to Watch: Lockheed, Huntington Ingalls Rise Into Holiday Week; AST SpaceMobile Deal in Focus

Lockheed Martin and Huntington Ingalls, the shipbuilder, powered a late Friday rally in U.S. space and defense shares. The gains came as investors eyed new policy cues and geopolitical developments ahead of the long weekend.
15 February 2026
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Rocket Lab stock price drops 5% as space stocks slide; hypersonic test and Feb. 26 earnings loom

Rocket Lab stock price drops 5% as space stocks slide; hypersonic test and Feb. 26 earnings loom

Rocket Lab Corporation finished Thursday’s session off 5.2%, settling at $66.01. After hours, a slight recovery brought shares to $66.13, up 0.2%. That makes for an 8% drop across the last three sessions. Roughly 18.2 million shares changed hands. The stock opened at $67.53 before hitting a session low of $63.87.
13 February 2026
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Defense and space stocks rally, but Trump’s buyback-dividend squeeze is the next test

Defense and space stocks rally, but Trump’s buyback-dividend squeeze is the next test

Space and defense names trading in the U.S. finished in the green Friday. The market’s focus, though, has shifted—earnings aren’t the spark this time, nor is fresh demand for missiles. Instead, investors are eyeing an upcoming Pentagon list that threatens to restrict buybacks and dividends for contractors failing to meet delivery targets.
7 February 2026
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Rocket Lab stock drops again today: RKLB slides as SpaceX-xAI buzz fades, Mars funding in focus

Rocket Lab stock drops again today: RKLB slides as SpaceX-xAI buzz fades, Mars funding in focus

Shares of Rocket Lab Corporation dropped nearly 6% on Thursday, hovering around $69 as the stock continued its recent slide affecting several space-related companies this week. By roughly 12:15 p.m. EST, the Nasdaq-listed stock was down 5.9% at $68.74, with about 11 million shares changing hands. This followed a 10% plunge in the previous session, according to MarketScreener data.
5 February 2026
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AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) stock jumps 6% as SpaceX-xAI merger lifts U.S. space shares

AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) stock jumps 6% as SpaceX-xAI merger lifts U.S. space shares

Shares of AST SpaceMobile climbed roughly 6.3% to $111.11 by 2:46 p.m. EST Tuesday, after fluctuating between $105.82 and $116.60 earlier, with about 11.5 million shares changing hands. The stock followed a broader rally in U.S. space companies sparked by Elon Musk’s announcement that SpaceX will merge with xAI, valuing the combined entity at $1.25 trillion. Rocket Lab, Planet Labs, and Intuitive Machines also saw gains. Musk predicted that within two to three years, the most cost-effective way to power AI will be from space. Mark Boggett of Seraphim Space called the deal “the strongest validation yet that space will be the backbone of the next wave of AI.”
3 February 2026
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SpaceX buys Musk’s xAI in record $1.25 trillion deal as space stocks jump premarket

SpaceX buys Musk’s xAI in record $1.25 trillion deal as space stocks jump premarket

SpaceX has snapped up Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI, merging its rocket and satellite operations with the creators of the Grok chatbot. A source close to the deal pegged SpaceX’s valuation at $1 trillion and xAI’s at $250 billion—up from recent secondary-market estimates around $800 billion and $230 billion, respectively. xAI investors will get 0.1433 SpaceX shares per xAI share, the source added, with some execs able to cash out at $75.46 per share. PitchBook analyst Ali Javaheri highlighted Starlink as a “cash flow engine” amid LSEG data showing this is now the biggest M&A deal ever, beating Vodafone’s 2000 Mannesmann acquisition.
3 February 2026
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