Attachment Exhibit 1

This document pretains to SAT-ASG-20191031-00123 for Assignment on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATASG2019103100123_1988644

EXHIBIT 1 DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION AND PUBLIC INTEREST STATEMENT (Response to Questions 43 & A21) Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 25.119(i), Applicants seek Commission consent to the pro forma assignment of the license (including special temporary authorizations) to operate the EchoStar 9 satellite (Call Sign S2179), from EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation (“ESOC”) to EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C. (“ESS”), both of which are indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of EchoStar Corporation (“EchoStar”). This pro forma license assignment is part of a larger series of pro forma transactions, which have been Commission-approved and consummated, resulting in the transfer of certain licenses and assets of ESOC to EchoStar BSS Corporation (“EBC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of DISH Network Corporation (“DISH”).1 These pro forma transactions further resulted in other assets, including the EchoStar 9 license, remaining with ESOC, which merged with former ESS to form a newly combined ESS. As shown in Attachment A, newly combined ESS remains an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar (in which Charles W. Ergen holds a controlling, majority voting interest). As previously noted, these pro forma transactions serve the public interest by creating a more efficient operating structure to facilitate investment in DISH and its affiliated companies.2 Indeed, the proposed pro forma assignment is required to reflect existing ownership of former 1 See ESOC, Application for Pro Forma License Assignment, IBFS File No. SAT-ASG-20190607-00044, Exh. 1 (Description of Transaction and Public Interest Statement), at 1-2 (filed June 7, 2019) (“ESOC Pro Forma Assignment Application”); see also Satellite Policy Branch Information: Actions Taken, Public Notice, Report No. SAT-01398 (June 28, 2019) (announcing FCC grant of ESOC Pro Forma Assignment Application); Letter from Pantelis Michalopoulos et al., Counsel for DISH et al., to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC, IBFS File No. SAT-ASG-20190607-00044 et al. (Sept. 12, 2019) (providing notice of consummation of pro forma transactions on September 10). 2 See ESOC Pro Forma Assignment Application, Exh. 1, at 2. 1

ESOC assets and corporate restructuring resulting from consummation of previously approved pro forma transactions. Applicants certify that the proposed assignment is pro forma and, together with all prior pro forma transactions, does not result in a change in the actual controlling party. Accordingly, Commission approval should be deemed granted one business day after filing under 47 C.F.R. § 25.119(i). 2

ATTACHMENT A Pre-Closing Ownership Diagram Charles W. Ergen EchoStar Corporation Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C. EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation Legend Controlling Interest (i.e., majority voting interest) 100 Percent Ownership 3

ATTACHMENT A Post-Closing Ownership Diagram Charles W. Ergen EchoStar Corporation Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C. Legend Controlling Interest (i.e., majority voting interest) 100 Percent Ownership 4


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