DISH Bond WD.pdf

LETTER submitted by DISH Operating L.L.C.

Withdraw of Bond Release Request

2011-05-25

This document pretains to SAT-AMD-20051118-00249 for Amended Filing on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATAMD2005111800249_890866

Pantelis Michalopoulos 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW 202.429.6494 Washington, DC 20036-1795 pmichalopoulos@steptoe.com Tel 202.429.3000 Fax 202.429.3902 steptoe.com Filed Electronically Via IBFS May 25, 2011 Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: DISH Operating L.L.C., File Nos. SAT-LOA-20030827-00177 (Call Sign S2490); SAT- LOA-20031211-00350 (Call Sign S2607); SAT-LOA-20031215-00355 (Call Sign S2609) Dear Ms. Dortch: DISH Operating L.L.C. (“DISH”), through counsel, hereby withdraws its requests for the unconditional release of the bonds for three satellite authorizations (Call Sign S2490, a Ka-band satellite authorized at 117º W.L.; Call Sign S2607, a Ku-band satellite authorized at 109º W.L.; and Call Sign S2609, a Ku-band satellite authorized at 121º W.L.).1 DISH has previously surrendered these authorizations.2 The current bond amount for each authorization is $1.5 million for a total of $4.5 million. In lieu of forfeiture, DISH will make arrangements with the Office of the Managing Director to make payment to the Treasury in full satisfaction of these obligations. 1 SAT-LOA-20030827-00177, Call Sign S2490, (granted Dec. 8, 2003); SAT-LOA-20031211-00350, Call Sign S2607 (granted Sept. 30, 2004); SAT-LOA-20031215-00355, Call Sign S2609 (granted Sept. 30, 2004). The bonds for these authorizations were posted by EchoStar Satellite L.L.C., DISH’s predecessor-in-interest, before the spinoff of DISH Network Corporation, DISH’s ultimate parent company, and EchoStar Corporation from EchoStar Communications Corporation. 2 See Letter from Pantelis Michalopoulos, Counsel for DISH Operating L.L.C., to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC (Dec. 8, 2006) (surrendering S2490); Letter from Pantelis Michalopoulos, Counsel for DISH Operating L.L.C., to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC (Oct. 1, 2007) (surrendering S2607 and S2609).

Marlene H. Dortch May 25, 2011 Page 2 Please contact the undersigned if you have any questions. Sincerely, /s/ Pantelis Michalopoulos Christopher Bjornson Counsel for DISH Operating L.L.C. cc: (via email) Mindel De La Torre Chip Fleming Gardner Foster Fern Jarmulnek Karl Kensinger Kathyrn Medley Lynne Montgomery Roderick Porter Marilyn Simon Cassandra Thomas


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