Adrian Morris was instrumental in the design and implementation of the SPACEWAY 3 satellite system, the first operational Ka-band satellite system.
Spaceway-3 was launched in 2007 and was designed for an approximately 12-year life, placing the satellite near or past its nominal service run.
Hughes Network Systems, which was spun off from DirecTV in 2005, owns Spaceway-3 and uses it to provide internet connectivity to customers in North America.
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).