It brought together Boeing satellite operations with that of GM Hughes Electronics' Space and Communications division in El Segundo, California.

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.

This group then consisted of: In 1995, Hughes Space and Communications Company became the world's biggest supplier of commercial satellites.

Designs for ISAT (military orbital radar demonstrator), for additional GOES satellites (meteorology), and for other spacecraft, are currently being developed and proposed.