Boeing Satellite Systems is a major business unit of The Boeing Company Type Literally a public company is a company owned by the public. There are two uses of this term. A company that is owned by stockholders who are members of the general public and traded publicly. Ownership is open to anyone that has the money and inclination... Boeing List of Aircraft | Aircraft Manufacturers | Aircraft Engines | Aircraft Engine Manufacturers Airlines | Air Forces | Aircraft Weapons | Missiles | Timeline of aviation Categories: Stub | Defence companies | Boeing | U.S. aircraft manufacturers ... Integrated Defense Systems. It brings together Boeing satellite operations with that of Hughes Electronics Corporation was formed in 1985 when Hughes Aircraft was sold by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to General Motors for $5 billion. The surviving parts of Hughes Electronics are today known as the DirecTV Group. Howard Hughes donated Hughes Aircraft to the newly formed Howard Hughes Medical Institute... Hughes Electronics' Space and Communications division.

History

In 1948 Howard Robard Hughes (December 24, 1905–April 5, 1976) was at times a pilot, a movie producer, a playboy, an eccentric, a recluse, and one of the wealthiest persons in the world. Howard Hughes standing in front of a Boeing Army Pursuit Plane, Inglewood, California, 1940s. Contents // 1 Youth... Howard Hughes' Hughes developed the AIM-120 AMRAAM, one of the worlds most advanced air-to-air missiles Hughes Aircraft Company was a major defence/aerospace company founded by Howard Hughes. The group was based at Ballona Creek, in Westchester, California, near the Pacific Ocean. Divisions of the company were sold... Hughes Aircraft Company formed the Aerospace Group within the company, divided into:

• Hughes Space and Communications Group
• Hughes Space Systems Division

In 1953 the The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is a United States non-profit medical research institute based in Chevy Chase, Maryland and originally founded by the aviator and engineer Howard Hughes in 1953. As of 2003 it is one of the largest private funding organizations for biological and medical research in... Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) was formed, and Hughes Aircraft reformed as a subsidiary of the foundation. The charity status of the foundation allowed Hughes Aircraft to avoid taxes on its huge income. In 1961 the two Aerospace Group divisions were reformed as Hughes Space and Communications Company.

Hughes Space and Communications launched the first geosynchronous communications satellite, Syncom-type satellite Syncom was a program of three experimental, active geosynchronous communication satellites which was started by NASA in 1961. The programme name is an abbreviation of synchronous communication satellite. Contents // 1 Common features 2 The spacecraft 2.1 Syncom 1 2.2 Syncom 2 2.3 Syncom 3... Syncom, in 1963.

In 1976 Howard Hughes died at the age of 71, leaving no will. In 1984 the Delaware Court of One of the courts of equity in England and Wales. The High Court of Chancery was the court that developed from the Lord Chancellors jurisdiction. Unlike the common law courts, which were rigidly based on precedent, the Lord Chancellor had jurisdiction to determine cases, on behalf of the King... Chancery appointed eight trustees of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, who decided to sell Hughes Aircraft to GM redirects here. For other uses, see GM (disambiguation). General Motors Type Automobile Corportation Slogan  ? Founded 1908 Location HQ in Detroit, Michigan; manufacturing facilities in ? U.S. states and 32 countries Key people Rick Wagoner: Chairman and CEO Employees 340,000+ Products Automobiles, Engines, Electronics and Communications, numerous... General Motors for $5bn — this transaction was completed in 1985. GM merged Hughes Aircraft with its Delco Electronics division to form Hughes Electronics (or GM Hughes Electronics/GMHE). This group thus consisted of:

• Hughes Aircraft
• Delco Electronics
• Hughes Space and Communications
• Hughes Network Systems
• and from August 1992 General Dynamics (NYSE: GD (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=GD)) is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures. It has changed markedly in the post-Cold War era of defense consolidation. Nicholas D. Chabraja is the CEO. Contents // 1 History 1.1 Legacy and... General Dynamics' Missile Systems business.

In 1995 Hughes Space and Communications became the world's biggest supplier of commerical satellites. In 1997 GM transferred Delco Electronics from Hughes Electronics to its Delphi Automotive Systems and later in the year sold the defense operations of Hughes Electronics (Hughes Aircraft and missile business) to Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=RTN)) is a major United States military contractor based in Waltham, Massachusetts. At least 80 percent of Raytheons revenues are obtained from contracts with the United States government. It is the second largest military contractor... Raytheon.

Hughes Space and Communications remained independent until 2000, when it was purchased by Boeing and became Boeing Satellite Systems.

Current operations

Hughes added the following to Boeing's portfolio:

• HS-376
• HS-601
• HS-702
• HSGEO Mobile - For Thuraya Satellite Communications, UAE redirects here; for other uses of that term, see UAE (disambiguation) The United Arab Emirates is an oil-rich country situated in the south-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, comprising seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain. Before... United Arab Emirates
• The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. The U.S. Navy consists of slightly fewer than 300 ships and over 4,000 operational aircraft. It has over a half million men and women on active or ready reserve duty... US Navy This article is about the radio frequency. See also UHF (movie) Ultra high frequency (UHF) designates a range (band) of electromagnetic waves whose frequency is between 300 MHz and 3.0 GHz. Waves whose frequency is above the UHF band fall into the microwave or higher bands, while lower frequency... UHF replacement- Military version of HS601
• This article needs cleanup. Please edit this article to conform to a higher standard of article quality. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (established 1958) is the government agency responsible for the United States of Americas space program and long-term general aerospace research. A civilian organization, it... NASA The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) is a network of communications satellites (each called a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite or TDRS) used by NASA and other United States government agencies. Initial satellites were built by TRW, later versions have been put together by Boeings Satellite Systems... Tracking and Data Relay Satellites - Communications with The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NASA). For the first two missions only, the external fuel tank was painted white. NASAs Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States sole manned launch vehicle. The Space Shuttle was manufactured by North American Rockwell... Space Shuttle and International Space Station International Space Station photographed following separation from the Space Shuttle Atlantis, October 16, 2002 International Space Station insignia ISS Statistics Crew: 2 As of January 22, 2005 Perigee: 351.9 km Apogee: 364.9 km Orbital period: 91.71 minutes Inclination: 51.65 degrees Orbits per day... International Space Station.
• NASA The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) program is a key element in United States National Weather Service (NWS) operations. GOES weather imagery and quantitative sounding data are a continuous and reliable stream of environmental information used to support weather forecasting, severe storm tracking, and meteorological research. Evolutionary improvements in the... Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites.

In addition to Boeing Integrated Defense Systems' other assets, e.g. Delta launch vehicles, GPS satellites, F-1 rocket engine Rocketdyne is the premier rocket engine design and production company in the United States. The company was related to North American Aviation for most of its history. NAA merged with Rockwell International, which was then bought by Boeing in December, 1996. As such, Rocketdyne is currently... Rocketdyne and Rockwell International was the ultimate incarnation of a series of companies under the sphere of influence of Willard Rockwell, who had made his fortune after the invention and successful launch of a new bearing system for truck axles in 1919. Primary among the constituents of the final company were the... Rockwell's space operations Hughes Space and Communications gave Boeing an impressive range of products for design, manufacture, launch and support of satellites.

See also

• This is the list of broadcast satellites — communications satellites used primarily for radio and television networks and backhauls, and for DBS. Listings are from west to east (increasing longitude) by orbital position, starting and ending with the International Date Line. An io indicates inclined orbit. Western Hemisphere 139.0... List of broadcast satellites

External links

• Boeing Satellite Systems (http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/flash.html)