AST SpaceMobile Inc., which aims to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the nascent market for space-based cellular service to mobile phones, has signed contracts with SpaceX and Jeff Bezos-founded Blue Origin to launch dozens of its satellites into orbit.

In addition to SpaceX, AST SpaceMobile will use Blue Origin's unproven New Glenn rocket to launch its next-generation BlueBird 2 satellites.

Blue Origin is making significant strides toward testing its New Glenn rocket, designed to compete with SpaceXs Falcon lineup. With seven BE-4 engines producing 3.8 million pounds of thrust, the New Glenn is set to

CAPE CANAVERAL—Direct-to-cell satellite network operator AST SpaceMobile has signed launch contracts with Blue Origin and SpaceX to deliver up to about 60 next-generation Bluebird 2 satellites into orbit, the company announced Nov. 14. Terms of the contracts were not disclosed, nor how many launches...

Blue Origin now has a rocket nearly in one piece as it mated the first and second stages this week of what will be the first ever New Glenn launch from Cape Canaveral.

AST SpaceMobile will use Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket to launch some of the satellites for its cellular broadband network in 2025 and 2026.

Jeff Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin has signed a multi-launch deal with satellite communication company AST Spacemobile to deploy the company's direct-to-cellular satellites "over a multi-year period" using Blue's New Glenn rocket,