The Spaceport Business Park in Midland, TX, is a hotbed of activity for the aerospace industry.

The aerospace industry is booming at the Spaceport Business Park in Midland, TX, thanks to a recent $128-million investment in AST & Science. This innovative company is building the first-ever cellular broadband network broadcast from space, called SpaceMobile, which will be accessible by standard smartphones. With this technology, they aim to eliminate the connectivity gaps faced by billions of mobile subscribers and finally bring broadband to the unconnected. The Midland facility is integral to the production of SpaceMobile, where patented low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites are being designed and manufactured. Chairman and CEO Abel Avellan says that they will quickly scale up production to create high volumes of low-cost, ultra-powerful LEO satellite platforms.

With the recent $128-million investment in AST & Science, the Spaceport Business Park in Midland, TX, is a hotbed of activity for the aerospace industry.

AST & Science's vision of a connected world has attracted strategic investors such as Rakuten and Vodafone, bringing the total capital raised to $128M. This "NewSpace" venture will extend mobile coverage to more people and devices, providing connectivity at 4G/5G speeds everywhere on the planet – on land, at sea, and in flight.

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