AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Stock News Today: BlueBird 6 Launch Nears, Ligado FCC Filing Adds a Spectrum Catalyst, and Analysts Split on Price Targets
AST SpaceMobile shares rose about 7% to $84.75 on Dec. 12, 2025, trading on heavy volume ahead of the planned BlueBird 6 satellite launch from India. The launch, carrying AST’s first next-generation Block 2 satellite, is scheduled for mid-December but may slip to around Dec. 20, according to industry reports. BlueBird 6 is designed to deliver roughly 10 times the data capacity of earlier models.