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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:satellite
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gptkbp:acquisition
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Acquired by Echo Star in 2008
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gptkbp:awards
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Telecoms.com 2021 Best Satellite Service Provider
Frost & Sullivan's 2020 Global Satellite Communications Company of the Year
2022 Satellite Industry Association's Satellite Executive of the Year
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gptkbp:competitors
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gptkb:Iridium_Communications
gptkb:High_School
gptkb:One_Web
gptkb:Intelsat
SESS. A.
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gptkbp:customer_base
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Business customers
Residential customers
Government customers
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gptkbp:employs
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Over 1,000 employees
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gptkbp:founded
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gptkb:1971
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:Howard_Hughes
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gptkbp:has_expansion
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Increased bandwidth offerings
Expanded services to rural areas
Launched new satellites in 2021
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Germantown,_Maryland
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Hughes Satellite Systems
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gptkbp:industry
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gptkb:Telecommunications_company
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gptkbp:key_people
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gptkb:Jesse_L._Mc_Gowan
gptkb:Mike_Cook
gptkb:Pradman_Kaul
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gptkbp:notable_products
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gptkb:Hughes_Net
Hughes 360
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gptkbp:operates_in
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gptkb:Europe
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:South_America
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gptkbp:parent_company
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gptkb:Echo_Star_Corporation
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gptkbp:partnership
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Partnership with NASA
Partnership with the U. S. Department of Defense
Partnership with various IS Ps
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gptkbp:revenue
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Estimated revenue of $1 billion
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gptkbp:services
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gptkb:star
gptkb:Telecommunications_company
Satellite Television
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gptkbp:subsidiary
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gptkb:Hughes_Network_Systems
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gptkbp:technology
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High-throughput satellites
Ka-band technology
Satellite-based broadband
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gptkbp:website
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www.hughes.com
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Hughes_Electronics_Corporation
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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