Legal Opinion
Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc. v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided June 30, 2000No. 91-1032 CPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HODGES, Judge.
Hughes Communications Galaxy and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration executed a contract in December 1985 that required NASA to use its best efforts to launch ten Hughes 393 class satellites aboard the Space Shuttle. The contract was to remain in effect through September 1994. Following the Challenger disaster in 1986, the Government changed its policy of launching commercial payloads and did not launch any of the Hughes satellites before expiration of the agreement. This court held that the Government was liable for breach of the contract. The facts of this…
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