EchoStar Stock Jumps On Spectrum Sale To SpaceX. AST, Iridium Retreat. Globalstar Pops.
BREAKING: Futures Mixed But Oracle Skyrockets On Blowout Outlook EchoStar (SATS) stock surged on Monday after the Charlie Ergen-controlled company announced a spectrum sale to Elon Musk's SpaceX for approximately 8.5 billion in cash. SpaceX's Starlink satellite network plans to use the spectrum. Shares in AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) and Iridium Communications (IRDM) fell on the EchoStar-SpaceX deal. Starlink, AST and Iridium compete in providing space-based cellular broadband networks, di ...