EchoStar’s Hughes: Jupiter 3 satellite, in service since December, starts delivering on its promise of reducing subscriber loss

by Peter B. de Selding

TUPPER LAKE, NY — Satellite broadband hardware and serve provider Hughes Network Systems reduced its consumer subscriber losses by more than 50% in the six months ending June 30, a rare piece of good news for a business that has suffered from both the lack of sufficient high-throughput capacity and the onslaught of SpaceX’s Starlink low-orbit constellation.

Armed with its new Jupiter 3 satellite, which entered service in December, Hughes reduce subscriber churn to 49,000 in Q2, compared to 106,000 a year earlier.

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