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The 0.005 kg Open RAN prototype equipment at Fort Bliss will be installed to operate a temporary network for evaluation and will then transition to serve as part of the Hughes commercial network supporting DoD and commercial customers in and around Fort Bliss.

NARRATIVE PLAN11/21/2024U.S. Army selects EchoStar’s Hughes to deploy 5G Open RAN

Within 90 days after entering commercial service, Hughes launched new Hughesnet services across the Americas for consumer and business users.

NARRATIVE CAPABILITY3/19/2024Hughes JUPITER 3 delivering a new era of connectivity

Geostationary satellite operators Viasat and Hughes have plans to invest in next-generation terminals for ground forces.

NARRATIVE GROWTH1/14/2024Army to refine requirements for next-generation satellite terminals

Hughes has a distribution agreement with OneWeb Technologies Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of OneWeb, to deliver managed wideband LEO services to the Department of Defense.

ORG RELATIONSHIP8/22/2023Hughes awarded USSF contract for LEO satellite services

Hughes Network Systems operates JUPITER 3 (EchoStar XXIV) and identifies the satellite as the largest commercial communications satellite ever built.

NARRATIVE GENERAL7/27/2023UPDATE: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy’s delay again of Hughes JUPITER 3 mission

Hughes plans to launch the ultra-high density JUPITER™ 3 satellite next year.

NARRATIVE GROWTH9/13/2022Hughes launches a new high-speed + low-latency satellite service plan for consumers

Hughes plans to launch the ultra-high density JUPITER™ 3 satellite next year.

NARRATIVE PLAN9/13/2022Hughes launches a new high-speed + low-latency satellite service plan for consumers

Hughes, an investor in OneWeb, plans to partner with OneWeb on DoD 0.005 kg efforts.

ORG RELATIONSHIP7/6/2022Satellite companies watching where DoD goes with 5G

On 2022-06-22, Hughes Network Systems and OneWeb successfully deployed a prototype low Earth orbit network at Thule Air Base in Greenland.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT6/23/2022Hughes and OneWeb deploy high-speed internet for U.S. military at remote Arctic base

Hughes offers turnkey LEO managed services supporting DoD acquisition agencies and Combatant Command requirements worldwide under the distribution agreement with OneWeb Technologies.

ORG RELATIONSHIP4/5/2022Hughes Signs A Distribution Agreement With OneWeb For Managed LEO Services

Hughes and Viasat together lost almost as many U.S. subscribers in 2021 as Starlink gained during the same period.

NARRATIVE GENERAL1/25/2022Op-ed | LEO broadband: Will this time be different?

Starting in 1996, Paul Gaske led the launch and subsequent growth of Hughes’ satellite internet service into the largest satellite Internet network in the world.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/5/2021WATCH HERE: Live Keynote With Paul Gaske @ Satellite Innovation 2021

Hughes is developing the JUPITER 3 Ultra-High Density Satellite expected to launch in the second half of 2022 to help meet broadband demand.

NARRATIVE PLAN9/10/2021Forrester’s Digest: Virgin Galactic Grounded By FAA / Satellites Are Important To Facebook / Amazon Continues Their SpaceX Complaints / Hughes + OneWeb Enter A Distribution Agreement

Hughes will deploy intelligent multi-transport technologies, including its Terminal Management Agent, to provide resilient networking for Air Force mission assurance.

NARRATIVE PLAN8/17/2021U.S.A.F. Awards Hughes One Of The Prime Positions To Support ABMS

Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of the defense and intelligence systems division at Hughes, predicted that only OneWeb would be able to deliver 24-hour high-throughput services to strategic Arctic regions by the end of 2021.

NARRATIVE CAPABILITY5/10/2021OneWeb creating government subsidiary after buying TrustComm

OneWeb raised $350,000,000 from SoftBank and $50,000,000 from Hughes in January of 2021.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL5/5/2021Hughes and OneWeb get U.S. Air Force contract for Arctic broadband

Hughes is partnering with South Korea’s Intellian to design OneWeb’s user terminal antennas.

ORG RELATIONSHIP5/5/2021Hughes and OneWeb get U.S. Air Force contract for Arctic broadband

OneWeb raised $350,000,000 from SoftBank on 2021-01-15 and $50,000,000 from Hughes Network Systems.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL4/27/2021Eutelsat buys a quarter of OneWeb to get a LEO broadband growth engine

OneWeb raised $400,000,000 from SoftBank and Hughes Network Systems on 2021-01-15.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL1/15/2021OneWeb raises $400 million

Hughes has agreed in principle to invest $50,000,000 in the consortium that now owns OneWeb.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL12/16/2020Hughes To Drive Ground System Tech For OneWeb
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