AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) plans to launch its BlueBird 8, 9 and 10 satellites on June 17 from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, with a 2:39 a.m. EDT launch window, the company said Tuesday.
The mission aims to expand the company's satellite broadband network that delivers voice, data, and video directly to standard smartphones, it added.
AST SpaceMobile shares were up over 6% in premarket trading Tuesday.
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