StockAnalysisThe move matters because AST is trading on execution risk: investors want evidence that the company can move from launches to sustained, on-orbit service and then scale its constellation. ETManufacturing.inIndia’s PTI news agency reported that AST’s BlueBird Block-2 satellite — BlueBird 6 — is expected to commence operations in the coming weeks, quoting AST Chief Operating Officer Shanti B. Gupta. ETManufacturing.in“In the coming weeks, it will start operations,” Gupta told PTI. ETManufacturing.inAST said in a statement that BlueBird 6 is the largest commercial communications array deployed in low Earth orbit, a term for satellites operating a few hundred miles above Earth. Reuters+1In trading on Monday, AST shares swung between $69.80 and $74.87, with about 3.6 million shares changing hands.

Source: Economic Times December 29, 2025 15:53 UTC