Hughes Communications (HUGH) 10-Q 2009 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the quarterly report for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 on Form 10-Q (the “Quarterly Report”), of Hughes Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, we, Pradman P. Kaul and Grant A. Barber, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively, of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of our knowledge:

(i) the Quarterly Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(ii) the information contained in the Quarterly Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

Date: August 7, 2009	HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
	(Registrant)
		/s/ Pradman P. Kaul
	Name:	Pradman P. Kaul
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer and President
		(Principal Executive Officer)
		/s/ Grant A. Barber
	Name:	Grant A. Barber
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer)

A SIGNED ORIGINAL OF THIS WRITTEN STATEMENT REQUIRED BY SECTION 906 HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE COMPANY AND WILL BE RETAINED BY THE COMPANY AND FURNISHED TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ITS STAFF UPON REQUEST.