$ASTS: AST SpaceMobile today announced that the launch of BlueBird 11, 12, and 13 satellites is currently scheduled for Wednesday, August 5, 2026, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff is targeted for 3:42 a.m. EDT with an additional opportunity available at 5:10 a.m.

SpaceX just launched satellites for a direct Starlink competitor and this is what fair competition looks like Falcon 9 successfully carried three AST SpaceMobile BlueBird satellites to orbit, deployed all three and landed the booster safely on its 30th flight AST SpaceMobile is building a direct-to-phone satellite network that will compete with Starlink Mobile SpaceX could have treated AST purely as a threat and refused to help a direct competitor reach orbit Instead, SpaceX gave its competitor access to one of the world’s most reliable and cost-effective launch systems and completed the mission successfully That tells you something important about SpaceX: It values real competition - Win by building the better product - Win through engineering, scale and execution - Do not win by preventing competitors from reaching the market