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EchoStar, trading as SATS, delivers broadband via its Hughes subsidiary's Jupiter satellite fleet and gained direct-broadcast and wireless assets in its 2024 DISH Network merger.
ECHOACTIVEEchoStar Corporation is a global provider of satellite communication and broadband services through its Hughes subsidiary. The company operates the Jupiter satellite fleet delivering high-speed internet to residential, enterprise, and government customers across the Americas. Following the 2024 merger with DISH Network, EchoStar also controls a significant direct-broadcast satellite and wireless spectrum portfolio.
EchoStar, through Hughes Network Systems, is one of the largest satellite broadband providers in the world. The Jupiter satellite constellation delivers connectivity to underserved and rural communities. The company has pioneered innovations in Ka-band high-throughput satellite technology and VSAT networking platforms.
Rank 12 of 156 ranked companies. With the pillars we have not measured for this company filled at the 10th and 90th percentiles of the companies we did measure, and every other company held at its published total, the rank is likely between 3 and 25.
5 of 6 inputs measured · Medium confidence · 77% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-10 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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No private round on record before Jan 2008. IPO, offerings, debt and unconverted notes are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
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Estimated: around Thu, Nov 5, 2026 (not announced by the company) · period ending September 2026
Estimated from the company's own SEC filings: it reported the same period a year earlier on Thu, Nov 6, 2025. The company has not announced this date.
Results filed Mon, Aug 3, 2026, before the market opened · period ending June 2026
Share move: not captured (no closing quote was recorded for that session)
Signed a material agreement; Completed an acquisition or a sale of assets
8-K items: 1.01 Signed a material agreement · 2.01 Completed an acquisition or a sale of assets · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G)
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Information shared with investors (Regulation FD), such as a presentation
8-K items: 7.01 Information shared with investors (Regulation FD), such as a presentation · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · ·
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G)
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Bankruptcy or receivership; A debt obligation was accelerated or increased; Director or officer change, or executive pay arrangement; Information shared with investors (Regulation FD), such as a presentation; Other event the company chose to report
8-K items: 1.03 Bankruptcy or receivership · 2.04 A debt obligation was accelerated or increased · 5.02 Director or officer change, or executive pay arrangement · 7.01 Information shared with investors (Regulation FD), such as a presentation · 8.01 Other event the company chose to report · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly report (10-Q)
Quarterly report (10-Q) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Compiled Oct 10, 2026 from 9 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from. Facts only: nothing here is a rating, a forecast or a recommendation.
Space federal awards
62 awards, $15.8M obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Jan 29, 2013 to Jun 30, 2026; most from DHS (34 awards)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Sep 24, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Jun 30, 2026
Latest space award
$26K from DHS
THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE REDUNDANT SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF DISASTER RECOVERY EFFORTS...
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Jun 30, 2026
SEC filings, last 12 months
110 filings
Including 5 periodic reports and 12 current reports
Source: SEC EDGAR company filings
Latest Oct 5, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
14 in orbit of 23 launched
Latest: Echostar XXV
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation codes DISHE, ECHO, ECHOAU, ECHOC, ECHOM, EHNS, HCIE, HELWE. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Mar 10, 2026
Department of Homeland Security
34 space awards, $2.9M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Jun 30, 2026
Department of Defense
6 space awards, $1.7M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Jul 22, 2025
Department of Justice
4 space awards, $634K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Apr 21, 2022
General Services Administration
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 10). EchoStar: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/echostar
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "EchoStar: Company dossier." Data as of October 10, 2026. Accessed October 10, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/echostar.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_echostar_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{EchoStar}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/echostar}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/echostar},
urldate = {2026-10-10},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-10; each fact links its primary source}
}5 space awards, $1.3M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Oct 20, 2020
Built 3 of its satellites (latest Lyra 4)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Jun 28, 2025
Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems LLC
Built 3 of its satellites (latest EG-3)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Jun 30, 2021
SS/Loral (MDA)
Built 4 of its satellites (latest Echostar 21)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Jun 8, 2017
SS/Loral
Built 5 of its satellites (latest Echostar 17)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Jul 5, 2012
Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems/Sunnyvale
Built 4 of its satellites (latest Echostar X)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Feb 15, 2006