https://spacewatch.global/tag/echostar-corporation/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:49:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/echostar-corporation/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/08/hughes-files-for-bankruptcy-amid-maturing-debt-obligations-aiming-to-strengthen-capital-structure/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=76134 Hughes Satellite Systems, a subsidiary of EchoStar, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas after failing to repay $1.5 billion in bonds that matured on 1 August, raising concerns over its ability to continue as a going concern.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/space-cafe-webtalk-33-minutes-with-jennifer-manner-the-critical-role-of-satellite-networks-in-5g-and-beyond-ecosystems-recap/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 07:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41653 Our Space Café WebTalk “33 minutes with Jennifer Manner - The Critical Role of Satellite Networks in 5G and Beyond Ecosystems” took place on Tuesday, 14th June. Our guest was Jennifer A. Manner, a Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at EchoStar Corporation/Hughes Network Systems where she is responsible for the company’s domestic and international regulatory and policy issues,]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/gvf-launches-new-website-and-association-rebranding-at-satellite-2019/ Wed, 08 May 2019 13:30:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13996 GVF, the global association of the satellite industry, has announced the launch of its new website and marketing re-branding to coincide with the opening of SATELLITE 2019 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Centre in Washington D.C., on Monday, 6 May 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/uaes-yahsat-and-hughes-form-joint-venture-to-provide-ka-band-broadband-in-brazil/ Wed, 08 May 2019 05:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13923 Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), a leading global satellite operator based in the United Arab Emirates and wholly owned by Mubadala Investment Company, and Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes), a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation, announced on 6 May 2019 an agreement to enter into a joint venture to provide commercial Ka-band satellite broadband services in Brazil.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/uaes-yahsat-launches-yahclick-satellite-broadband-in-cameroon/ Tue, 09 Oct 2018 05:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10750 UAE's Yahsat will offer reliable high-speed satellite broadband Internet in Cameroon through its YahClick service, with the aim of increasing the African country's Internet penetration rate and bridging the Digital Divide.]]>