Attachment Narrative

This document pretains to SAT-AMD-20130429-00063 for Amended Filing on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATAMD2013042900063_994753

Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ECHOSTAR SATELLITE OPERATING CORPORATION Minor Amendment to Request for File No. SAT-MOD-20130227-00026 Modification of Authorization to Move Call Sign: S2232 EchoStar 6 to, and Operate It at, 96.2º W.L. MINOR AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION FOR MODIFICATION EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation (“EchoStar Operating” and with its affiliates, “EchoStar”) respectfully submits this minor amendment to its above-referenced application to modify its authority for the EchoStar 6 satellite (“Application for Modification”). Specifically, this minor amendment to the Application for Modification provides corrected information in the attached Schedule S as follows: 1  Addresses an error in the original Schedule S in item S3e, the satellite orbital inclination excursion, and provides a corrected figure reflecting North-South inclination for EchoStar 6 as of April 29, 2013; 1 In a letter dated April 26, 2016, staff of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) requested that EchoStar Operating: (1) correct the orbital inclination information in an amendment or, alternatively, to state whether EchoStar intended to execute an inclination removal maneuver prior to or at the start of the license term; (2) correct the transposition of figures in the transponder input attenuator data; and (3) correct the spelling of the transmit/receive earth station locations. See Letter to Pantelis Michalopoulos, Counsel for EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation, from Fern Jarmulnek, Acting Chief, Satellite Division, International Bureau, FCC (Apr. 26, 2013).

 Corrects an inadvertent transposition of figures in items S7q and S7r, transponder input attenuator data; and  Corrects the spelling of the city named in item S14b. EchoStar Operating certifies that all other information submitted in the Application for Modification remains unchanged,2 and respectfully requests that the Commission grant the Application for Modification, as amended, so that EchoStar may receive authorization to operate EchoStar 6 at the 96.2° W.L. orbital location on a timely basis as set forth therein. Respectfully submitted, ________/s/_________ Pantelis Michalopoulos Stephanie A. Roy Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 (202) 429-3000 Counsel for EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation April 29, 2013 2 Cf. 47 C.F.R. § 25.118(d)(1) (providing that “only those items of information . . . that change need to be submitted, provided the applicant certifies that the remaining information has not changed”).

CERTIFICATION OF PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING ENGINEERING INFORMATION I hereby certify that I am the technically qualified person responsible for preparation of the engineering information contained in this application, that I am familiar with Part 25 of the Commission’s rules, that I have either prepared or reviewed the engineering information submitted in this application and that it is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief. /s/ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Darren Hamilton Director Space Systems Engineering EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C. Englewood, CO, USA (303)706-4353


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