On Thursday, AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS) entered into a deal with NASA that will look at improving spaceflight safety.
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As a part of this Space Act agreement, ASTS, in collaboration with NASA’s Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis program will look at generating “better flight safety preparedness and practices using a Conjunction Assessment process.”
The satellite manufacturer will also upload information related to the predicted trajectory of its BlueWalker 3 test satellite on an ongoing basis and other information about its planned future BlueBird satellites through a website called Space-Track.org.
The company also stated that the “U.S. Space Force will screen the data for any potential conjunctions or encounters between objects up to a week ahead of time.”
Wall Street analysts rate ASTS stock a Strong Buy with a unanimous three Buys.