Hughes Communications Inc.

21 satellites in orbit, 1 operating.

The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 9, 2026, 8:17 AM; whether a satellite is operating is as Orbinauts writes it where it has written when the satellite’s mission ended, and otherwise as Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue believes it, licensed CC BY 4.0: GCAT

Hughes Communications Inc. is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code HCI, of United States of America. This page gathers the satellites it flies and those of every organisation under it, each row naming the organisation that flies it. It is part of Hughes Electronics Corp.. See every satellite of Hughes Electronics Corp..

SatelliteKindOrbit classLaunchedOperatingFlown by
UFO 7 (USA 127)Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
GALAXY 9Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Galaxy Inc
GALAXY 3RCommunications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Galaxy Inc
UFO 4 (USA 108)Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
UFO 3 (USA 104)Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
GALAXY 1RCommunications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Galaxy Inc
UFO 2 (USA 95)Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousYes
HGS 4 (GALAXY 4)Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Galaxy Inc
UFO 1 (USA 98)Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
GALAXY 7Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Galaxy Inc
GALAXY 5Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Galaxy Inc
GALAXY 6Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Galaxy Inc
SBS 6Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
LEASAT 5Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
LEASAT 4Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
LEASAT 3Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
LEASAT 1Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
GALAXY 3Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
LEASAT 2Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
GALAXY 2Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
GALAXY 1Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded