AST SpaceMobile deploys BlueBird‑6's 2,400 sq ft array — largest commercial LEO antenna for direct‑to‑cell broadband

A major hardware milestone: BlueBird‑6’s ~2,400 sq ft array is now deployed in LEO, completing on‑orbit activation after launch and validating AST’s large‑antenna architecture (context on the satellite launch and deployment timeline is available) (source:7619f9c7).

Accelerates the direct‑to‑cell market race: the deployment materially advances AST’s ability to serve standard mobile handsets and intensifies competition with other D2D initiatives and product moves (see broader Starlink direct‑to‑device and market activity) (source:59f8e519)(source:da3abe00).

Commercial and production impact: the successful unfold has already boosted investor sentiment (ASTS stock climbed post‑deployment) and underpins the company’s production ramp at new U.S. manufacturing sites as it readies further BlueBird launches (source:8eaea9bd).