Hughes, primarily operating through Hughes Network Systems, is a major provider of broadband satellite services and managed network solutions. They design and manufacture satellite terminals, including innovative electronically steerable antennas (ESAs) for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations like OneWeb. Hughes partners with companies like Eutelsat and provides services to enterprises, governments, and airlines, including in-flight connectivity, and works with the U.S. Air Force. Key products and services include the HughesNet internet service, JUPITER System, and managed LEO services.
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The new Hughes–Yahsat joint venture will use more than 65 gigabits per second of Ka-band capacity supplied from Yahsat’s Al Yah 3 satellite and Hughes’ leased payloads on Eutelsat’s 65 West A and Telesat’s Telstar-19 Vantage satellites.
Hughes invested $100,000,000 in its first joint venture with Yahsat for a 20 percent stake.
HCH Group was a subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems of Germantown, Maryland until 2013 when its parent company divested.
OneWeb received an initial $500,000,000 in 2015 from Airbus, Hughes Network Systems, Intelsat, Qualcomm, Virgin Group, Coca-Cola, Grupo Salinas, and Bharti Airtel.
Hughes generated $444,600,000 in revenue for the last three months of 2018.
Hughes is expanding in Africa through a joint venture with Emirati satellite operator Yahsat that began operations in late 2018.
Hughes Network Systems operates three high-throughput broadband satellites: Spaceway-3 (launched in 2007), Jupiter-1 (launched in 2012), and Jupiter-2 (launched in 2016).
Hughes accounted for $1,700,000,000 of EchoStar’s $2,100,000,000 in full-year 2018 revenue.
Hughes may acquire additional capacity via a hosted payload or a new satellite.
Hughes invested $100,000,000 in the joint venture with Yahsat, and Yahsat contributed $60,000,000 from an insurance claim on Al Yah 3.
Hughes had 1.36 million consumer broadband subscribers as of 2018-12-31, representing 69 percent of all satellite broadband subscribers in the United States.
HCH Group was formerly Hughes China Holdings Company Limited and was a subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems until 2013 when its parent company divested.
Hughes, Gilat, and Viasat are developing aviation antennas that support both Ku-band and Ka-band frequencies.
Hughes started satellite broadband service in Peru using Eutelsat’s 63 West A satellite rebranded as Hughes 63 West.
The Hughes 63 West Ka-band high-throughput payload covers 97 percent of the population in Peru.
Hughes expanded satellite broadband services into Colombia in 2018 and Brazil in 2016 prior to launching service in Peru.
Hughes made a $100,000,000 investment in an Africa-focused joint venture with Yahsat in 2019.
Hughes entered service a leased Ka-band payload on Telesat’s Telstar-19 Vantage over Latin America in 2019.
Hughes and Viasat redefined high-throughput satellites by launching spacecraft with more than 100 gigabits per second of Ka-band capacity over North America around the beginning of the decade.
Hughes shipped the first ground gateway that will work with OneWeb pilot satellites scheduled to launch at the end of the year or early next year.