Space Stock Tracker: RocketLab Hits New Highs, AST's New Deal - AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS)

Space Stock Tracker: RocketLab Hits New Highs, AST's New Deal - AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS)

Space stocks remain in the spotlight as retail investors digest new contracts, acquisitions and upcoming launches.

Verizon Hooks Up With AST SpaceMobile For Space-Based Cell Coverage

Goodbye, extremely fake-looking cell tower “trees.” And hello, satellites.  Cellular’s going interstellar, with Verizon and AST SpaceMobile signing a deal to build out a space-based network next year. The move could create competition for Starlink, a division of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The tie-up will extend Verizon’s network to hard-to-reach parts of the US, as AST’s satellites are tapped for connectivity boosts as needed. More than 500,000 miles o…

Verizon and AST Sign D2D Deal

Verizon's direct-to-device (D2D) arrangement with AST SpaceMobile is a competitive win for AST over SpaceX, William Blair's Louie DiPalma wrote investors Wednesday after the deal was announced. SpaceX "was likely aggressive" in courting Verizon, and that might have hurt AST...

Verizon Teams With AST SpaceMobile on Space-Based Cellular Service

Oct. 9, 2025 (AP) – Verizon has signed a deal to provide cellular service from space through AST SpaceMobile beginning next year.Shares of AST SpaceMobile, a space-based cellular broadband network, soared more than 10% before the market opened Wednesday.SpaceMobile's network is designed to operate across premium low-band spectrum, its own licensed L-band and S-band spectrum, and up to 1,150 MHz of mobile network operator partners’ low- and mid-b…