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AST SpaceMobile
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<p>AST SpaceMobile is a <a href="/facts/Public_company/tnJQvSdR">publicly traded</a> <a href="/facts/Satellite/PTX8c68t">satellite</a> designer and manufacturer based in <a href="/facts/Midland%2c_Texas/qRytfGw5">Midland, Texas</a>, United States. The company is building the SpaceMobile <a href="/facts/Satellite_constellation/mbTpGjbg">satellite constellation</a>, a space-based <a href="/facts/Cellular_broadband/M8oNk7uq">cellular broadband</a> network that will allow existing, unmodified <a href="/facts/Smartphone/cSIrBMWG">smartphones</a> to connect to satellites in areas with coverage gaps. Its BlueWalker 3 prototype and BlueBird commercial satellites are among the largest commercial communications arrays in <a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">low Earth orbit</a> after their respective launches and unfoldings in 2022 and 2024. </p>