Hughes Electronics Corp.

22 satellites in orbit, 1 operating.

The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 8, 2026, 4:17 PM; 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 Electronics Corp. is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code HEC, 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.

SatelliteKindOrbit classLaunchedOperatingFlown by
SPACEWAY 3Communications satelliteMedium Earth orbitEndedHughes Network Systems
UFO 7 (USA 127)Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Inc.
GALAXY 9Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Galaxy Inc
GALAXY 3RCommunications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Galaxy Inc
UFO 4 (USA 108)Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Inc.
UFO 3 (USA 104)Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Inc.
GALAXY 1RCommunications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Galaxy Inc
UFO 2 (USA 95)Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousYesHughes Communications Inc.
HGS 4 (GALAXY 4)Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Galaxy Inc
UFO 1 (USA 98)Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Inc.
GALAXY 7Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Galaxy Inc
GALAXY 5Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Galaxy Inc
GALAXY 6Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Galaxy Inc
SBS 6Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Inc.
LEASAT 5Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Inc.
LEASAT 4Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Inc.
LEASAT 3Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Inc.
LEASAT 1Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Inc.
GALAXY 3Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Inc.
LEASAT 2Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Inc.
GALAXY 2Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Inc.
GALAXY 1Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedHughes Communications Inc.