SPACE INDEX
Hughes logo Hughes Hughes provides satellite broadband services and network equipment for consumers, businesses, governments, and defense vs Intelsat Operates the world's largest GEO satellite backbone delivering broadband, media, and mobility connectivity across 200+ countries via multi-orbit infrastructure Intelsat logo
HEAD-TO-HEAD2 shared sectors
Hughes Intelsat
Founded 1964
Headquarters United States McLean, Virginia
Type private private
Status operating operating
Employees 750
Total funding
Latest round
Sectors Satellite Communications, Ground Segment & Networks, Satellite Manufacturing Satellite Communications, Ground Segment & Networks
Products listed 57 52
Federal contracts 20 ($510K)
Launches
Leaders listed Dinesh Kandiya, Homayoun Hamedani, Kaan Bozdag David Wajsgras, Bruno Fromont, Anthony O'Brien
News mentions 1 0
SHARED SECTORS
FREQUENTLY ASKED
01

How do Hughes and Intelsat compare?

Both companies work in Satellite Communications, Ground Segment & Networks. Hughes has no disclosed founding year and Intelsat in 1964.
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Which has more US federal contracts, Hughes or Intelsat?

Hughes has been awarded more, with $510K across 20 awards.

Numbers refresh on every render against the live Space Index database. Federal contract data from USAspending.gov; launches from LaunchLibrary2.