MIDLAND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $ASTS #AST--AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, today announced it is set to join the U.S. large-cap Russell 1000® Index, effective after the U.S. market closes on June 27, as part of the 2025 Russell indexes reconstitution. Inclusion in the Russell 1000® Index, which track