News: Hughes
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
- Hughes files for bankruptcy after GEO business loses ground to Starlink SpaceNews · 3 Aug 2026 EchoStar’s Hughes geostationary satellite broadband business has filed for bankruptcy in the United States after years of mounting competition from SpaceX’s Starlink constellation.
- Brian Hughes Returns to NASA in Charge of Kennedy and Wallops Launch Operations SpacePolicyOnline.com · 8 May 2026 Brian Hughes, who headed the Florida arm of President Trump’s 2024 campaign and served as NASA Chief of Staff for several months last year, is returning to the agency to
- NASA Names Brian Hughes to Launch Operations Role NASA · 8 May 2026 NASA announced Friday that Brian Hughes will return to the agency as senior director of launch operations, based at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In this role, Hughes will provide enterprise-level leaders...
- Hughes targets sovereign satcom demand with network control software SpaceNews · 26 Mar 2026 Company rolls out AI-enabled modem as militaries shift to hybrid networks
- SARP East 2025 Atmospheric Chemistry Group NASA · 19 Nov 2025 Faculty Advisor: Stacey Hughes, University of New Hampshire Graduate Mentor: Katherine Paredero, Georgia Institute of Technology Atmospheric Chemistry Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Stacey Hughes and Graduate Mentor...
- NASA Invites Media to Senegal Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony NASA · 22 Jul 2025 Senegal will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 24, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Brian Hughes, NASA chief of staff, will host Maram Kairé, director general of the Senegalese...
- Hughes’ networking software selected for Air Force satellite internet experiment SpaceNews · 21 Feb 2024 A demonstration run by SES Space & Defense will integrate satellites in geostationary, medium and low orbits
- Delta swapping out Intelsat Wi-Fi for Hughes on 400 planes SpaceNews · 1 Nov 2023 Delta Air Lines has picked Hughes Network Systems to upgrade the Wi-Fi on around 400 Boeing 717 and smaller regional jets serving North America that currently use Intelsat’s inflight connectivity services.
- CesiumAstro, Hughes and SES demonstrate active phased array terminal SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2023 CesiumAstro demonstrated its latest Ka-band active phased array terminal with the help of a Hughes software-defined modem and an SES geosynchronous satellite.
- Boeing’s Quantum Leap: Satellites in Record Time, Boosting National Security and Commercial Connectivity SpaceNews · 26 Sep 2023 In 1963, Boeing heritage company Hughes Space and Communications launched into orbit a 78-pound satellite called Syncom that could receive signals from Earth and send those signals back down to
- Hughes unveils Jupiter 3 SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2023 Hughes Network System unveiled Jupiter 3, a massive geostationary communications satellite built by Maxar Technologies.
- SES, Hughes demonstrate satellite internet on General Atomics surveillance drone SpaceNews · 11 Nov 2022 SES and Hughes in a demonstration last month installed satellite internet service on a General Atomics surveillance drone
- Satellite companies watching where DoD goes with 5G SpaceNews · 6 Jul 2022 Hughes VP Rick Lober says DoD could take advantage of low Earth orbit satellites to deliver 5G for mobile users
- Hughes and OneWeb deploy high-speed internet for U.S. military at remote Arctic base SpaceNews · 23 Jun 2022 A Hughes-OneWeb prototype network at Thule, Greenland, is fast enough to enable video conferencing, streaming video and interactive games.
- Hughes and OneWeb get U.S. Air Force contract for Arctic broadband SpaceNews · 5 May 2021 The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has contracted low Earth orbit broadband venture OneWeb to demo managed satcom services in strategic Arctic locations.
- After testing, Hughes is ready to produce HeloSat communications system SpaceNews · 9 Nov 2020 After conducting extensive testing, Hughes is ready to produce the beyond-line-of-sight satellite communication system to speed up satellite communications for government and commercial helicopters.
- SpaceX, Hughes and Viasat qualify to bid for $20.4 billion in FCC rural broadband subsidies SpaceNews · 13 Oct 2020
- Hughes views OneWeb stake as key to FCC broadband subsidies SpaceNews · 12 Aug 2020
- Hughes, Inmarsat urge FCC restrictions on subsidized C-band satellites SpaceNews · 30 Jun 2020
- Hughes, Yahsat target Brazil with second joint venture SpaceNews · 6 May 2019
- Discarded Atlas 5 upper stage breaks up in orbit • Viasat, China Satcom partner on IFC • Hughes signs Jupiter-3 customer SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2019
- ThinKom, Phasor, C-Com hit antenna milestones • Hughes, Inmarsat gain India IFC approvals SpaceNews · 2 Apr 2019
- FIRST UP Satcom | Turksat tests 8K broadcast • SpaceX changes Starlink leadership • Hughes starts service in Peru SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2018
- Pradman Kaul details Hughes’ global satellite broadband ambitions SpaceNews · 22 Oct 2018