Attachment letter

letter

LETTER submitted by EchoStar

letter

2003-03-27

This document pretains to SAT-AMD-20030127-00004 for Amended Filing on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW STEPTOE & JOI—]NSON LLP Washington, DC 20036—1795 ATTORNEYS AT LAW Telephone 202.429.3000 Facsimile 202.429.3902 www.steptoe.com RECE ‘ VE[‘{} Pantelis Michalopoulos 202.429.6494 pmichalo@steptoe.com MAR 2 7 2003 Federal Communications Commission March 27, 2003 Office of Secratary Via HAND DELIVERY R@Q@I\Ied 003 Marlene H. Dortch APR 0 1 2 Secretary 2o 8 Policy Branch Federal Communications Commission f 4 Bu 455 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: EchoStar Satellite Corporation, File Nos. 167—SAT—P/LA—95; 168—SAT—P/LA—95; 54— SAT—AMEND—96; SAT—MOD—20010608—00055; SAT—AMD—20030127—00003; 36— DSS—LA—94; 37—DSS—P/LA—94; 154—SAT—AMEND—95; SAT—MOD—20010608—00054; SAT—AMD—20030127—00004 Dear Ms. Dortch: EchoStar Satellite Corporation ("EchoStar") hereby provides the following information for inclusion in the above—captioned application proceedings. The EchoStar IX satellite, a hybrid Ku—band and Ka—band Fixed—Satellite Service ("FSS") satellite that will operate at the 121° W.L. orbit location, is now set for launch in May 2003 from a floating platform at the Equator aboard a Sea Launch rocket.‘ The satellite is scheduled for shipment to Long Beach, California, the launch platform‘s departure point, no later than March 31, 2003. As the Commission is aware, EchoStar‘s Ku— and Ka—band licenses also include authority to launch and operate a Ku— and Ka—band satellite respectively at the 83° W.L. orbit location." ‘ The EchoStar IX spacecraft is also equipped with a C—band payload licensed by another administration. 2 See EchoStar Satellite Corporation, Order and Authorization, 13 FCC Red. 5664 (1997); EchoStar Satellite Corporation, Order and Authorization, DA 01—224 (rel. Jan. 31, 2001); EchoStar Satellite Corporation, Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 02—1534 (rel. July 1, 2002); EchoStar Satellite Corporation, Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 02—3085 (rel. Nov. 8, 2002) (Ka—band orders); see also Application of EchoStar Satellite Corporation for (Continued...) WASHINGTON PHOENIX LOS ANGELES LONDON

Marlene H. Dortch March 27, 2003 Page 2 EchoStar hereby apprises the Commission that it has in place an amended contract for the construction of a hybrid Ku— and Ka—band satellite for launch and operation at the 83° W.L. orbit location. EchoStar soon plans to file appropriate applications for minor modification of these licenses t30 reflect the consolidation of the two payloads into one hybrid satellite and other minor changes. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions concerning this submission. Respectfully submitted, Z@é@%pfer David K. Moskowitz Pantelis Michalopoulos Senior Vice President and General Counsel Philip L. Malet EchoStar Satellite Corporation Carlos M. Nalda 5701 South Santa Fe Steptoe & Johnson LLP Littleton, CO 80120 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. (303) 723—1000 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 429—3000 David R. Goodfriend Counsel for EchoStar Satellite Director, Legal and Business Affairs Corporation EchoStar Satellite Corporation 1233 20°" Street, N.W., Suite 701 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 293—0981 ce: Peter Rorhbach, Esq. Authority To Construct, Launch and Operate Space Stations in the Domestic Fixed—Satellite Service, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 11 FCC Red 20446 (1996) ("Ku—Band Order"). Pending before the Commission is a request for extension of EchoStar‘s Ku—band license filed in 1999. See Request for Extension of Time To Complete Construction and To Launch Fixed— Satellite Service Satellites, File Nos. 36—DSS—LA—97; 37—DSS—P/LA—94 (filed Mar. 29, 1999). Several challenges to that license lodged in 1996 and 1997 also remain pending, and a condition relating to a supplemental financial showing that EchoStar was asked to make in the Ku—Band Order remains pending as well. See Ku—Band Order at T 12, 16; see also Satellite Policy Branch Information: Applications Accepted for Filing/Actions Taken, Public Notice, Rpt. No. SPB—75, 1997 FCC LEXIS 753 (Feb. 10, 1997).


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