** Shares of satellite communications company AST SpaceMobile ASTS.O rise 6% to $87.1 premarket

** Co says BlueBird satellites 8, 9 and 10 have been successfully launched into orbit

** Satellites designed to deliver peak data speeds of nearly 200 megabits per second; support voice, broadband data and video services from space - ASTS

** Co says BlueBird satellites 11, 12, and 13 are in final preparations for shipment to Cape Canaveral; satellites through BlueBird 37 in production

** Up to last close, stock had risen 13.3% YTD