Attachment Question 36

This document pretains to SAT-LOI-20110809-00146 for Letter of Intent on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATLOI2011080900146_910887

Hughes Network Systems, LLC FCC Form 312 Question 36 August 2011 Response to Question 36 On June 8, 2011, EchoStar Corporation (“EchoStar”) acquired control of Hughes Communications, Inc., parent company of HNS License Sub, LLC. See BRH Holdings, GP, Ltd. and EchoStar Corporation, DA 11-1015 (Int’l. Bureau, released June 8, 2011). In a letter dated May 27, 2009, the Satellite Division of the International Bureau returned EchoStar Corporation’s (“EchoStar’s”) application to operate a geostationary C-band satellite at the nominal 85° W.L. orbital location as unacceptable for filing, without prejudice to refilling. See Letter from Robert G. Nelson, Chief, Satellite Division, to Pantelis Michalopoulos, Counsel for EchoStar Corporation, 24 FCC Rcd 7132 (2009). On July 29, 2010, the International Bureau dismissed EchoStar’s application to construct, launch, and operate a C-band satellite at the 84.9º W.L. orbital location. See EchoStar Corporation, 25 FCC Rcd 10193 (2010). On July 26, 2011, the International Bureau denied EchoStar’s application, as amended (File Nos. SAT-MOD-20101124-00244 and SAT-AMD-20110330-00065), to modify its authorization for the EchoStar Direct Broadcast Satellite service satellite at the 86.5° W.L. orbital location to permit the substitution of the EchoStar 8 satellite at that orbital location. See EchoStar Corporation, Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 11-1251, slip op. (IB, released July 26, 2011). In this same Order, the Bureau declared the underlying authorization for the EchoStar 86.5° W.L. orbital location null and void due to the failure to meet the construction milestones specified in the authorization.


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