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American Telephone and Telegraph Co., United States Telstar Three HS 376 satellites, plus satellite control center July 1983 Long-distance telephone coverage to all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

American Mobile Radio Corp., United States AMRC Two HS 702 satellites 2000 Mobile radio service across the contiguous 48 states.

American Mobile Satellite Corp., United States AMSC-1 (also known as MSAT-2) One HS 601 satellite, built jointly with Canada's Spar Aerospace April 1995 Along with MSAT-1 for Canada, provided first dedicated system in North America for mobile telephone, radio, facsimile, paging, position location, and data communications for users on land, at sea, and in the air.

Customer: APT Satellite Company Ltd., Hong Kong Program: AP STAR Purchased: Two HS 376 satellites and one HS 601 satellite First launch: July 1994 Purpose: General telecommunications services to China and much of Asia.

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Asia Pacific Mobile Telecommunications Satellite Pte. Ltd., Singapore APMT

Purchased: Two HS-GEM satellites, plus gateways, network and satellite operations centers, and 70,000 user terminals

First launch: 2000 Purpose: Mobile phone service in Asia.


Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd., Hong Kong AsiaSat One HS 376 satellite and two HS 601 HP satellites April 1990 Services to government and private customers in China, Thailand, Malaysia, Pakistan, and elsewhere. AsiaSat 1, originally Westar VI , was the first-ever relaunched satellite and the first Western satellite launched on a Long March rocket. AsiaSat 3 was the first communications satellite to be sent around the moon and back into earth orbit.

Customer: AUSSAT Pty. Ltd./Optus Communications Pty. Ltd., Australia Program: AUSSAT/Optus Purchased: Three HS 376 satellites (AUSSAT) and three HS 601 satellites

(Optus B), plus telemetry, tracking, command and monitoring stations First launches: August 1985 (AUSSAT) and August 1992 (Optus B) Purpose: Establish and expand Australia's first national satellite system

and the country's first domestic mobile satellite communications network. First HS 601 customer.

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Binariang Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia MEASAT Two HS 376HP satellites, plus satellite control station equipment and controller training January 1996 Malaysia's first direct-to-user service and first fully digital cellular services. MEASAT's service area extends to the Philippines, China, and Indonesia. First Hughes commercial satellite with gallium-arsenide solar cells.

BONUM-1, Russia BONUM-1 One HS 376 satellite 1998 First commercial satellite to serve Russia; will also serve portions of Europe.

British Satellite Broadcasting Ltd. Marcopolo Two HS 376 satellites, plus ground station equipment and training August 1989 United Kingdom's first direct broadcast television service.

Broadcasting Satellite System Corp., Japan BSAT Two HS 376 satellites April 1997 Provide direct broadcast services to millions of customers in Japan.


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China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corp. ChinaSat 7 One HS 376 satellite August 1996 Provide general telecommunications services across China and parts of Southeast Asia.

COMSAT, United States Early Bird, Marisat, Comstar One HS 303 satellite (Early Bird), three HS 356 satellites (Marisat), and four HS 351 satellites (Comstar)

First launches: April 1965 (Early Bird), February 1976 (Marisat), May 1976

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(Comstar) Launched communications revolution with Early Bird, the world's fi rst commercial communications satellite. Marisat was the first maritime communications satellite system. Comstar relayed telephone calls across the U.S.

DIRECTV, Inc., United States DBS Three HS 601 satellites December 1993 Beam more than 185 channels of DIRECTV to millions of subscribers.

EMBRATEL, Brazil Brasilsat Two HS 376 satellites and four HS 376W satellites, plus control station and upgrades February 1985 Establish and expand Brazil's first domestic satellite system.

Hughes Communications, Inc., United States Galaxy, Leasat Eight HS 376 satellites and three HS 601 satellites (Galaxy), and five HS 381 satellites(Leasat)

First launches: June 1983 (Galaxy); August 1984 (Leasat) Purposes: Galaxy fleet supports a range of business and entertainment

services. Leasat fleet.leased to the U.S. Navy, provided worldwide communications for the Department of Defense.


ICO Global Communications, United Kingdom ICO Twelve HS 601 satellites, plus ground facilities and launch services

First launch: 1999 Purpose: Mobile telephone system to provide digital voice, data, facsimile,

and messaging services, anywhere in the world. ICO is HSC's largest-ever single commercial satellite order.

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International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, United States Intelsat Four HS 303 satellites, eight HS 312 satellites, six HS 353 satellites, and five HS 398 satellites 1966 Intelsat series provided global services with some of the largest, most sophisticated satellites ever built.

Customer: Japan Satellite Systems, Inc. Program: JCSAT Purchased: Two HS 393 satellites and four HS 601 satellites First launch: March 1989 Purpose:


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Establish and expand Japan's first commercial communications satellite service, providing satellite-borne telephone, television, facsimile, and high-speed data services.

Loral Orion, Inc., United States Orion One HS 601 HP satellite, plus satellite control center hardware and software 1999 Provide business communications services in all major Asia Pacific markets.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States Syncom, Surveyor, Applications Technology Satellites, Orbiting Solar Observatory, Pioneer Venus, Galileo Probe, Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, and Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites More than two dozen communications, weather, and planetary exploration spacecraft February 1963 (Syncom I) Blaze the trail of U.S. earth and space exploration.Collaborations include the first earth-communications satellite, the first fully controlled soft landing on the moon, the first extensive radar mapping of Venus, the first spacecraft to penetrate Jupiter's atmosphere, and global weather monitoring spacecraft.

National Space Development Agency, Japan Geostationary Meteorological Satellites One HS 335 satellite and four HS 378 satellites July 1977 Weather monitoring over more than 65 million square miles of the Pacific Basin.


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Nordiska Satellitaktiebolaget, Sweden Sirius One HS 376 satellite, plus satellite control center upgrades and satellite controller training 1998 Direct-to-home television service to Scandinavia. (Marcopolo 1, an HS 376 satellite, was acquired in-orbit in 1993 from British Satellite Broadcasting Ltd. and renamed Sirius 1.)

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Four HS 601 satellites, four HS 601 HP satellites, and three HS 702 satellites July 1994 Global services for the world's leading provider of satellite-based communications services. PAS-5 introduced xenon ion propulsion to commercial satellites. PanAmSat also owns satellites originally built by HSC for Satellite Business Systems and Hughes Communications, Inc.

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Perumtel/Telkom/SATELI N DO, Indonesia Palapa Two HS 333 satellites, four HS 376 satellites, and two HS 601 satellites, plus control station and upgrades and satellite controller training July 1976 Electronic unification of 130 million people with country's first and follow-on domestic satellite systems.

Satellite Business Systems, United States SBS

Purchased: Five HS 376 satellites and one HS 393 satellite, plus radio frequency ground terminals

First launch: November 1980 Purpose: Voice, data, electronic mail, and video transmissions to U.S.

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Societe Europeenne des Satellites, Luxembourg Astra Four HS 601 satellites and three HS 601 HP satellites May 1993 Television and radio services to millions of households in Europe.

Shinawatra Satellite Public Co. Ltd., Thailand THAI COM

Purchased: Two HS 376L satellites, plus ground equipment and satellite controller training

First launch: December 1993 Purpose: Thailand's first domestic satellite communications system.








Space Communications Corporation, Japan SUPERBIRD One HS 601 and one HS 601 HP satellite July 1997 Television signals-including DIRECTV-and business communications services to Japan, other portions of Asia, and Hawaii.

Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, Mexico Morelos Two HS 376 satellites, plus tracking, telemetry, and command station June 1985 Unify Mexico's rural and urban areas with the country's first domestic communications satellite system

Telecomunicaciones de Mexico Solidaridad, SatMex 5 Two HS 601 satellites and one HS 601 HP satellite, plus associated ground equipment and satellite control center upgrades November 1993 Expand Morelos' capabilities with second-generation domestic communications system.

Telenor Satellite Services AS, Norway Thor Two HS 376 satellites, plus training and earth station upgrades May 1997 First satellite designed specifically to meet Norway's telecommunications and television needs. (Marcopolo II, an HS 376 satellite, was acquired in-orbit in 1992 from British Satellite Broadcasting Ltd. and renamed Thor 1.)

Telesat Canada Anik Three HS 333 satellites, five HS 376 satellites, and one HS 702 satellite

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Establish and expand the world's first domestic satellite communications system.

Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Co., United Arab Emirates Thuraya Two HS-GEM satellites, launch services for first satellite, insurance, ground facilities, and 235,000 hand-held telephones 2000 Mobile phone services to an area ranging from Morocco to India. HSC's first GEO-mobile contract and its first satellite built for the Middle East.

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TMI Communications & Company Ltd., Canada MSAT-1 One HS 601 satellite, built jointly by HSC and Canada's Spar Aerospace April 1996 With MSAT-2, provide the first dedicated system in North America for mobile telephone, radio, facsimile, paging, position location, and data communications for users on land, at sea, and in the air.

Customer: U.S. Air Force Programs: TACSAT, Milstar Purchased: One TACSAT experimental tactical communications satellite;

payloads and payload elements for Milstar constellation First launches: February 1969 (TACSAT I), February 1994 (Milstar) Purposes: TACSAT I was the largest and most powerful communications

satellite to date. Milstar crosslink payload and low- and medium-data-rate payload elements help Milstar provide worldwide secure tactical and strategic communications for U.S. forces. In 1996, Milstar satellites completed first-ever direct satellite-to-satellite communication link.

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U.S. Navy UHF Follow-On Ten HS 601 satellites March 1993 The UHF F/0 series, which employs enhanced extremely high frequency and Global Broadcast Service payloads, is replacing the Leasat and Fleet Satellite Communications spacecraft to give the Department of Defense worldwide communications capability.

Western Union, United States WESTAR Three HS 333 satellites and three HS 376 satellites April 1974 Establish and enhance the United States' first domestic communications satellite system.

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