BROADBAND & DTC · OPERATOR PROFILE · DATA AS OF 2026-07-28

EchoStar Corporation

Active SATS Broadband & DTC Public HQ: Englewood, Colorado Founded 1980

Satellite broadband (HughesNet). SpaceX acquired EchoStar's spectrum holdings. Starlink competitive pressure driving pivots.

62.1

ARI Composite

Very Low Risk

#6 of 18

Peer Rank

Broadband Telecom cohort

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Total Launches

No flights tracked

SATS

Market cap

NASDAQ

FINANCIAL HEALTH

62.1

ARI composite · Very Low Risk

Peer rank#6 of 18

Peer groupBroadband Telecom

Data coverage90%

Tracked gov contracts$16.8M across 5 awards

Full finance profile →

CAPITAL & CREDIT PROFILE

Reported fundamentals from SEC XBRL companyfacts. Derived figures carry their formula in the caption.

$15.00B

Revenue

FY ended 2025-12-31 · filed 2026-03-02 · SEC XBRL

−$14.50B

Net income

FY ended 2025-12-31 · filed 2026-03-02 · SEC XBRL

−$16.14B

EBITDA

FY ended 2025-12-31 · filed 2026-03-02 · SEC XBRL

$1.88B

Cash & equivalents

FY ended 2025-12-31 · filed 2026-03-02 · SEC XBRL

Latest quarter (Q1 ended 2026-03-31, filed 2026-05-11): revenue $3.67B · net income −$146.9M · cash $1.34B — SEC XBRL.

Government capital

$16.8M lifetime tracked obligations across 5 awards — top agency Department of Defense ($16.5M) (strict id-matched; unattributed award rows are excluded). Explore grants →
Source: USAspending.gov award obligations matched to this company. Obligations, not recognized revenue.

RECENT DEALS & CONTRACTS

Date	Type	Amount	Counterparty	Significance
Jun 23, 2026	Vc Series B	$11.0M	Ireland’s Act Venture Capital, Greencode Ventures, Atlantic Bridge	Medium
Jun 22, 2026	Vc Series B	$100.0M	—	High
Jun 10, 2026	Vc Seed	$5.0M	a16z’s startup accelerator Speedrun, Basis Set, Human Element	Medium
Jun 08, 2026	Vc Series A	$18.5M	Voyager Ventures, Atlantic, Lifeline Ventures	Medium

Full deal history →

SECTOR POSITION

Primary sectorBroadband & DTC

Rank within sector#6 of 18

Tracked peers18

RECENT COVERAGE

Date	Source	Headline
Jul 27, 2026	Payload Space	Starship Sticks the Water Landing on Flight 13
Jul 21, 2026	Payload Space	FCC Eyes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Bands for Satellites
Jul 16, 2026	Payload Space	SWISSto12 Closes $70M Series C
Jul 10, 2026	Payload Space	Pulse Space Lands $40M Space Force Contract to Develop Laser Tech
Jul 10, 2026	Payload Space	NATO Allies Plan to Stitch Together Sovereign Space Fleets

REGISTRY DATA

Legal nameEchoStar Corporation

Ticker / ExchangeSATS (NASDAQ)

OwnershipPublic

HeadquartersEnglewood, Colorado

CountryUS

Founded1980

FounderCharlie Ergen

CEOHamid Akhavan

AliasesEchoStar, Hughes, HughesNet, SATS

SubsidiariesHughes Network Systems, DISH Network

Key programsHughesNet, Jupiter satellites

Gov customersDoD

IPO statusPublic

Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · EchoStar corporate homepage — operator confirmation for Hughes, Boost Mobile, and direct-to-device services (NASDAQ: SATS).

METHODOLOGY

Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.

Not investment advice. For insurance underwriting, verify against primary-source filings and operator investigation reports.