WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2026 – EchoStar’s broadband satellite unit, Hughes Satellite Systems, filed for bankruptcy Monday. Dish Wireless, which operated the company’s mobile network, and Dish DBS, EchoStar’s pay-TV unit, both filed for bankruptcy in June. Hughes has enough money to operate as normal for now, and the rest of EchoStar's companies aren't involved in the bankruptcy, the company said in a release . New Street Research analysts had wondered whether EchoStar closing a $23 billion spectrum sale to AT&T would affect the Hughes bankruptcy plans, but it apparently didn’t prevent the filing. Dish BankruptcyErgen was optimistic the Dish Wireless bankruptcy could be “wrapped up in the fourth quarter of this year.”