Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc. v. United States

OPINION

BRUGGINK, Judge.

This case is on remand from a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversing this court’s decision in Hughes Communications Galaxy, *625Inc., v. United States, 26 Cl.Ct. 123 (1992) (hereafter “Hughes I”). The Federal Circuit reversed this court’s holding that the plaintiff could not recover damages under its contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”) when NASA’s failure to deploy Hughes’ satellites was the result of the President’s decision to stop launches of commercial satellites. Hughes Communications…