Attachment Letter

Letter

LETTER submitted by ECHOSTAR

Certification that EchoStar IX has been successfully placed into orbit at the 121 degrees W.L.

2003-08-27

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-20010608-00055 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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I STEPTOE &JOHNSONLLP I 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036-1735 Telephone 202.429.3000 ATTORNEYS AT LAW Facsimile 202.429.3902 www.steptoe.com Pantelis Michalopoulos 202.429.6494 pmichalo@steptoe.com August 27,2003 Via HAND DELIVERY Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission The Portals 445 12* Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: Certification that EchoStar IX Has Been Successfully Placed Into Orbit at the 121"W.L. Orbit Location -- File Nos. 167-SAT-PILA-95; 168-SAT-PILA- 95; 54-SAT-AMEND-96; SAT-MOD-20010608-00055; SAT-AMD-20030127- 00004; 36-DSS-LA-94; 37-DSS-PILA-94; 154-SAT; AMEND-95; SAT-MOD- 20010608-00054 Dear Ms. Dortch: In accordance with the Section 25.121(d)( 1) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 9 25.121(d)( l), EchoStar Satellite Corporation hereby certifies that the EchoStar IX satellite, which was launched on August 7,2003, was successhlly placed into the 121" W.L. orbital location on August 19,2003, and to Echostar's knowledge the operations the EchoStar payloads on the satellite filly conform to the terms and conditions of its space station authorizations.' EchoStar will notify the Commission when in-orbit testing of its licensed payloads on the satellite has been completed. ' EchoStar Satellite Corporation, Order and Authorization, File Nos. 167-SAT-PILA-95; 168-SAT-P/LA-95; 54-SAT-AMEND-96; SAT-MOD-200 10608-00055; SAT-AMD-20030127- 00004, DA 03-2559 (rel. Aug. 1,2003); EchoStar Satellite Corporation, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 1 1 FCC Rcd 20446 (1996). WASHINGTON PHOENIX LOS ANGELES LONDON BRUSSELS

Marlene H. Dortch August 27,2003 Page 2 Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions concerning this submission. Respectfully submitted, David K. Moskowitz Senior Vice President and General Counsel Carlos M. Nalda EchoStar Satellite Corporation Steptoe & Johnson LLP 5701 South Santa Fe 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Littleton, CO 80120 Washington, DC 20036 (303) 723-1000 (202) 429-3000 David R. Goodfriend Counselfor EchoSiar Satellite Director, Legal and Business Affairs Corporaiion EchoStar Satellite Corporation 1233 20* Street, N.W., Suite 701 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 293-098 1 9


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