Attachment Narrative

This document pretains to SAT-AMD-20151221-00084 for Amended Filing on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATAMD2015122100084_1119286

EXHIBIT 1 DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT (Response to Question 43, FCC Form 312) Pursuant to Section 25.116 of the Commission’s rules,1 EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation and EchoStar Broadcasting Corporation (together with their affiliates, “EchoStar”) seek to amend their pending modification applications (“Applications”) (File Nos. SAT-MOD- 20150911-00063, SES-MFS-20150911-00571, and SES-MFS-20150911-00572). Specifically, by this amendment, EchoStar seeks authority to: (i) operate the EchoStar 15 satellite (Call Sign S2811) as an in-orbit spare at 61.65º W.L. (in lieu of 72.6º W.L., as previously requested) and (ii) add EchoStar 15 at 61.65º (in lieu of 72.6º W.L.) (and delete EchoStar 15 at 45.1º W.L.) as a point of communication for telemetry, tracking, and control (“TT&C”) operations with earth stations in Cheyenne, Wyoming and Gilbert, Arizona (Call Signs E080007 and E080120).2 The proposed modifications will allow EchoStar 15 to serve as an in-orbit spare at 61.65º W.L. in order to provide back-up capacity for DISH Network, L.L.C. (“DISH”). The attached revised Schedule S and Technical Annex contain the technical and orbital debris mitigation information required under Section 25.114 of the Commission’s rules.3 All other information contained in the Applications remains the same. 1 See 47 C.F.R. § 25.116. 2 On September 30, 2015, the FCC granted EchoStar’s related applications for special temporary authority to move and operate EchoStar 15 as an in-orbit spare at 61.65º W.L., and to conduct associated TT&C earth station operations, commencing on October 2, 2015. See IBFS File Nos. SAT-STA-20150910- 00062, SES-STA-20150910-00570 & SES-STA-20150910-00573. 3 See 47 C.F.R. § 25.114. 1


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