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  • Hughes to Offer Satellite Internet Service Through GSA IT Schedule 70 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes to Offer Satellite Internet Service Through GSA IT Schedule 70

    Hughes Network Systems has secured a spot on the General Services Administration’s Information Technology Schedule 70 contract vehicle to offer its satellite-based internet service to federal, local and state government agencies. The company said Thursday the HughesNet Gen5 service works to provide users with 25 megabits per second of download speeds and 3 Mbps of upload speeds as defined […] More

  • Lockheed Puts EchoStar XIX Comms Satellite in Orbit; Steve Skladanek Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Puts EchoStar XIX Comms Satellite in Orbit; Steve Skladanek Comments

    Lockheed Martin‘s commercial launch services business has sent a communications satellite into orbit for client Hughes Network Systems using a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V 431 rocket. The EchoStar XIX satellite lifted off Sunday from Cape Canaveral Air Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida at 2:13 p.m. Eastern time, Lockheed said Sunday. The satellite is designed to help the HughesNet Gen5 system deliver […] More