SHIELD Defense Win And BlueBird 7 Launch Might Change The Case For Investing In AST SpaceMobile (ASTS)
In January 2026, AST SpaceMobile secured a prime contract position on the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD program and announced a late-February New Glenn launch from Cape Canaveral for its next-generation BlueBird 7 satellite, which carries a nearly 2,400-square-foot phased-array for space-based cellular broadband. Together, the SHIELD award and BlueBird 7 mission highlight how AST SpaceMobile’s commercial …
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