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Dish Network

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DISH Network, a subsidiary of EchoStar, is a major American provider of satellite television and IPTV services. It utilizes satellites to deliver a wide range of channels and programming options directly to homes, offering entertainment, sports, news, and on-demand content. DISH Network also provides internet services via satellite and is building a 5G network. They partner with companies like Lockheed Martin, Ericsson and Amazon Web Services (AWS) for their satellite and network infrastructure.

commercialFounded 1980
Englewood, Colorado, United States
www.dish.com
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Lower revenues for Telesat were attributed to reduced income from Dish Network on the Nimiq 5 contract and a decline in an Indonesian rural broadband program.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.0Nov 4, 2025Latest News

XJY-7 is equipped with a large dish antenna.

CapabilityValue 2.5Oct 27, 2025RT by @insomniacai163: A technology verification satellite spent 5 years in orbit and most relied on a single render to guess its capabilities. HEO analysed XJY-7 with high-frequency Non-Earth Imaging, building a 3D model from multiple angles and orbits. We verified it as a SAR satellite with a large dish antenna and two fixed solar panels that required full-body rotation to charge.

XJY-7 has a large dish antenna and two fixed solar panels.

CapabilityValue 3.0Oct 27, 2025RT by @insomniacai163: A technology verification satellite spent 5 years in orbit and most relied on a single render to guess its capabilities. HEO analysed XJY-7 with high-frequency Non-Earth Imaging, building a 3D model from multiple angles and orbits. We verified it as a SAR satellite with a large dish antenna and two fixed solar panels that required full-body rotation to charge.

Among the instruments used is the 32-meter 'Gavril Grueff' dish in Medicina, managed by INAF.

CapabilityValue 3.0Oct 9, 2025Un sottilissimo arco gravitazionale rivela un elusivo corpo celeste a miliardi di anni luce

The proposed transaction would have had DirecTV buy Dish parent company Dish DBS, which owns Sling TV, for $1 while taking on roughly $9,750,000,000 of debt.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Nov 22, 2024DirecTV calls time on plans to merge with Dish

Dish bondholders needed to agree to swap their existing debt for new debt issued by the merged entity at a reduced value, resulting in a roughly $1,570,000,000 haircut.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.0Nov 22, 2024DirecTV calls time on plans to merge with Dish

Roman will use NASA’s Near Space Network, including an upgraded dish that will be shared with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, for data communications.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Nov 12, 2024Roman Space Telescope reaches assembly milestone

The 17.3–17.8 GHz band is currently used by DirecTV and EchoStar’s Dish for DBS/DTH transmissions from geostationary satellites.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Sep 9, 2024Forrester’s Digest: FCC to vote on extra satellite spectrum

Dish Network and EchoStar together generated $17,000,000,000 in revenue in 2023.

FinancialValue 5.0Jun 7, 2024Tools for space sustainability watchdogs

Charlie Ergen’s DISH Network, now part of EchoStar, is open to merging with AT&T’s DirecTV.

RelationshipsValue 3.8Mar 25, 2024Forrester’s Digest: Boeing to boost satellite manufacturing plus Dish + DirecTV latest

The Troposcatter COMET system has a maximum transmit power of 10 watts and operates with a 1-meter dish.

CapabilityValue 4.0Feb 29, 2024Spectra Group awarded global distribution rights for Comtech’s Troposcatter Family of Systems

On 2024-02-12, EchoStar terminated offers to exchange more than $4,900,000,000 (€4.5 billion) of convertible notes issued by Dish.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.6Feb 13, 2024Forrester’s Digest: Satellite bandwidth prices are tumbling…

The John Deere ruggedized terminal is based on SpaceX’s high-performance flat dish that SpaceX began offering for Starlink in 2022.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.8Jan 16, 2024SpaceX testing ruggedized terminals for self-driving tractors

The Federal Communications Commission approved on 2023-12-06 the transfer of all of Dish Network’s licenses and authorizations to EchoStar.

LegalRelationshipsValue 4.4Dec 7, 2023FCC nod puts Dish-EchoStar merger on home stretch

Dish Network split from EchoStar in 2008 to expand into terrestrial mobile services and online streaming.

GrowthGeneralValue 2.5Dec 7, 2023FCC nod puts Dish-EchoStar merger on home stretch

Av-Comm completed the first 11-meter satellite dish for SouthPAN with a control center and dual radio frequency uplinks.

CapabilityRelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Dec 5, 2023Av-Comm installs satellite dish for SouthPAN

Procurement documents show that hardware for Rebus satellite dish antennas was delivered to various locations in Russia.

RelationshipsValue 3.5Nov 27, 2023Olimp and Yenisei-2: Russia’s secretive eavesdropping satellites (part 2)

DISH estimated that the deorbit maneuvers for EchoStar-7 would occur in May 2022.

PlanValue 3.5Nov 6, 2023The FCC’s authority in regulating orbital debris

In February 2022, DISH found that its attempts to maneuver EchoStar-7 were not producing expected changes to its trajectory.

CapabilityPlanValue 2.0Nov 6, 2023The FCC’s authority in regulating orbital debris

DISH filed a license modification application in 2010 to operate the EchoStar-7 satellite at a different longitude than authorized.

LegalValue 4.0Nov 6, 2023The FCC’s authority in regulating orbital debris
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