From another Topic:
When I was at the Annual HughesNet Dealer summit a few years ago, they treated us all to a view of the HughesNet Central Command "Network Operations Center" at their National headquarters in Germantown Maryland.
It was truly impressive - like I had always imagined places like NORAD or NASA would look. Huge color LED data displays covering walls from floor to ceiling. System and sub-system graphs on some, weather maps and CNN Headline running on others. About 20 to 30 technicians manning consoles and terminals.
We didn't get to go inside, but we viewed operations from a meeting room gallery above and behind it.
(I would show you a photo but this big guy in a dark suit with an earpiece confiscated my smart phone and smashed it 🙂
Nonetheless, I found an information page and a video tour of the "NOC" from about six years ago. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did being there:
http://www.hughes.com/company/newsletters/spring-2009/a-walk-through-the-national-noc