AST SpaceMobile announces new factory for Homestead

Written by Kelly Sanchez on December 10, 2025

AST SpaceMobile, the Midland, Texas-based company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network, announced the addition of a new manufacturing site in Homestead.

The new facility will increase production capacity and extend AST SpaceMobile’s presence. As previously reported by Miami Today, the company scaled back plans for the Homestead manufacturing plant, but still planned to start work on a 30,000-square-foot plant in October.

“Our roots are firmly in Texas, and always will be,” said Abel Avellan, founder, chairman and CEO of AST SpaceMobile, in a news release. “As we accelerate production of our next-generation BlueBird satellites, the expansion allows us to increase capacity, strengthen our supply chain, and bring even more high-technology manufacturing work back to the United States. This is about building more satellites, faster – and doing it right here at home so we can deliver on our mission to close the connectivity gaps and deliver cellular broadband where it is needed the most.”

AST SpaceMobile’s website says its mission is to “eliminate the connectivity gaps faced by today’s nearly 6 billion mobile users and bring broadband to those who remain unconnected.”

The satellite network allows users to make phone calls, send messages or stream videos beyond cell tower range. The company’s partners include AT&T, Verizon, American Tower and Google.

AST SpaceMobile launched its first five commercial satellites in a mission called BlueBird 1-5 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in September 2024. In addition to its five Texas facilities, the company has a location in Maryland.