UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

~~March~~May 175, 2010 (~~March~~April 1630, 2010)

(Date of Report (date of earliest event reported))

Hughes Network Systems, LLC

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	333-138009	11-3735091
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employee IdentificationNumber)

11717 Exploration Lane Germantown, Maryland 20876
(Address of principal executive office and Zip code

(301) 428-5500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Section 1 -- Registrant's Business and Operations

Item 1.01. Entry into a a Material Definitive Agreement.

On ~~March 16~~April 30, 2010, Hughes Network Systems, LLC (the “"Company”') entered into ana ~~amended~~Launch ~~and~~Services ~~restated~~Agreement ~~credit agreement~~ (the “"Agreement”") with ~~the~~Arianespace ~~lenders~~for ~~party thereto, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (~~the ~~“Administrative~~launch ~~Agent”), as~~of ~~administrative agent, and Barclays Capital, as syndication agent. The Agreement amended and restated~~ the ~~Credit Agreement dated April 22, 2005 (which was amended and restated previously on June 27, 2005 and April 13, 2006) among the~~ Company~~, the lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent which evidences the Company’~~'s ~~senior~~next-generation ~~secured~~Jupiter ~~$50 million revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility)~~satellite. Pursuant to the ~~terms of the~~ Agreement, ~~among other changes,~~ the ~~maturity date of the Revolving Credit~~ ~~Facility~~Ariane ~~was~~5 ~~extended~~heavy tolauncher ~~March~~will ~~16,~~launch ~~2014,~~the ~~subject~~Jupiter tosatellite aninto ~~early maturity date of 91~~geosynchronous ~~days~~transfer ~~prior~~orbit tofrom ~~March 16, 2014 in the event the Company’~~Europe's 9Spaceport ~~½% Senior Notes due 2014 and the Company’s $115 million term loan facility are not (i) repaid~~ in ~~full or (ii) refinanced with new debt (or amended) with maturities of no earlier than 91 days after March 16~~Kourou, ~~2014~~French Guiana. The ~~pricing with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility was amended to be: (i)~~total inprice ~~respect~~for of the ~~interest~~launch ~~rate,~~under at the ~~Company’s~~Agreement ~~option,~~is ~~the~~expected ~~ABR~~to ~~(as~~be ~~defined~~approximately ~~in the Revolving Credit Facility) plus 2~~$118.~~00% or the Adjusted LIBO Rate (as defined~~5 ~~in the Revolving Credit Facility) plus 3~~million.~~00%,~~ The ~~and~~launch ~~(ii)~~date inis ~~respect~~projected offor the ~~participation~~ ~~fee~~first ~~for~~half ~~outstanding letters~~ of ~~credit, 3.00% per annum, in~~ ~~each case subject to downward adjustment based on the Company’s leverage ratio~~2012.

Section 2 – Financial Information

Item 2.~~03. Creation~~02 Results of Operations aand ~~Direct~~ Financial ~~Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant~~Condition.

On May 5, 2010, Hughes Communications, Inc. (a“HCI”) ~~See~~, ~~Item~~the parent of the Company issued a ~~1.01~~press release announcing certain financial results of HCI and the Company for the quarter ended March 31, ~~which~~2010. A copy of the press release is attached ~~incorporated~~hereto ~~herein~~as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K is listed on the Exhibit Index on page 4 hereof, which is incorporated by reference in this Item 9.01(d).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Hughes Network Systems, LLC
Date: March 17, 2010	By:	/s/ Dean A. Manson
Date: May 5, 2010	By:	/s/ Dean A. Manson
	Name:	Dean A. Manson
	Title:	Senior Vice President,
		General Counsel and Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number		Description
99.1		Press release dated May 5, 2010 issued by Hughes Communications, Inc. regarding financial results of Hughes Communications, Inc. and Hughes Network Systems, LLC for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.

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