Attachment certification

certification

SUBMISSION FOR THE RECORD submitted by EchoStar

certfication

2007-03-08

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-20050308-00059 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATMOD2005030800059_558039

STEPTOE&JOHNSON u ATTORNEYS AT LAW Pantelis Michalopoulos 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW 202.429.6494 . Washington. DC 20036—1795 pmichalo@steptoe.com Tel 2024293000 Fax 202.429.3902 steptoe.com March 8, 2007 Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission The Portals, Room TW—A325 455 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation, File No. SAT—LOA—20030827—00186, SAT—MOD—20050308—00059, Call Sign $2499 Dear Ms. Dortch: Pursuant to Sections 25.164(e) of the Commission‘s rules‘ and the Commission‘s First Space Station Licensing Reform Order," EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation ("EchoStar") hereby submits a certification of completion of the physical construction milestone set forth in its authorization to operate a Ka—band fixed—satellite service ("FSS") satellite at 97° W.L. See Attachment 1. EchoStar is separately submitting an unredacted version of the statement provided by Space Systems/Loral describing the construction status of the satellite (marked as Attachment 2), with a request that it be treated as confidential and not routinely ! 47 C.F.R. §25.164(e). > Amendment ofthe Commission‘s Space Station Licensing Rules and Policies; Mitigation of Orbital Debris, First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in IB Docket No. 02—34, and First Report and Order in IB Docket No. 02—54, 18 FCC Red 10760, at « 192 (2003) (requiring that a licensee submit evidence that it has met the physical construction milestone.) ("First Space Station Licensing Reform Order‘). * See Stamp Grant, File No. SAT—MOD—20050308—00059 (granted Apr. 20, 2005). wWASHINGTON « NEW YORK e PH CENIX e LOS ANCGELES * LO ND ON e BRUSSELS

STEPTOE&JOHNSONw Marlene H. Dortch March 8, 2007 Page 2 available for public inspection pursuant to 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.457 and 0.459.* A cover sheet representing the redacted version of this attachment is being submitted with this letter. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions concerning this submission. Respectfully submitted, C_C ‘/f Linda Kinney Pantelis Michalopoulos Vice President, Law and Regulation STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP Brad Gillen 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW Regulatory Counsel Washington, D.C. 20036 ECHOSTAR SATELLITE L.L.C. (202) 429—3000 1233 20¢" Street N.W. | Washington, D.C. 20036—2396 Counselfor EchoStar Satellite Operating (202) 293—0981 Corporation Enclosures * See Letter from Pantelis Michalopoulos, Counsel to EchoStar, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC, dated March 8, 2007.

FILED/ACCEPTED MAR —8 2007 Federal Communications Commission Office of the Secretary ATTACHMENT 1

CERTIFICATION L, David Bair, certify under penalty of perjury that: 1. I am the Senior Vice President, Space Programs and Operations of EchoStar Communications Corporation ("Echostar"), the ultimate parent of EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation. To the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, EchoStar has satisfied the w third milestone requirement for its Ka—band Fixed—Satellite Service satellite authorized to operate at 97° W.L. by beginning physical construction of the satellite. / 4; /* &of / * David Bair March 8, 2007 «>

ATTACHMENT 2 (Redacted)


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