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This document pretains to SAT-MOD-20051007-00198 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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STE PTO E &JoH N s o N LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW Pantelis Michalopoulos 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW 202.429.6494 Washington, DC 20036-1795 pmichalo@steptoe.com Tel 202.429.3000 Fax 202.429.3902 sceptoe.com October 9,2007 FILED/ACCEPTED Marlene H. Dortch Federal Communications Commission Secretary OMce of the Sebretary Federal Communications Commission The Portals, Room TW-A325 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation, File No. SAT-LOA-20040803-00154, SAT-MOD-20051 007-00198, SAT-AMD-20051118-00248, SAT-AMD-20060724- 00081,SAT-MOD-20070323-00055; Call Sign S2636 Dear Ms. Dortch: Pursuant to Sections 25.164(e) of the Commission’s rules‘ and the Commission’s First Space Station Licensing Reform Order,2 EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation (“Echostar”) hereby submits a certification that it has met the “commence physical construction” milestone set forth in its authorization to operate a Ka-band fixed-satellite service (“FSS”) satellite at 112.85” W.L.3 See Attachment 1. EchoStar is separately submitting an unredacted ’ 47 C.F.R. €j25.164(e). Amendment of the Commission 3 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 Rcd 10760, at 7 192 (2003) (requiring that a licensee submit evidence that it has met the physical construction milestone.) (“First Space Station Licensing Reform Order”). 3 See Stamp Grant, File No. SAT-LOA-20040803-00154 (rel. Oct. 8,2004), modzfied by Stamp Grant, File Nos. SAT-MOD-2005 1007-00198, SAT-AMD-2005 1118-00248, SAT-AMD- 20060724-0008 1 (rel. Oct. 19,2006); Stamp Grant, File No. SAT-MOD-20070323-00055 (rel. Jun. 2 1,2007). WASHINGTON NEW YORK PHOFNIX 1.0s ANCELtf LONDON HRlJ3S€LC

ST E P TO E &J o H N s o N LLP Marlene H. Dortch October 9,2007 Page 2 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 available for public inspection pursuant to 47 C.F.R. $5 0.457 and 0.459.4 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. Respecthlly submitted, Linda Kinney Pantelis Michalopoulos Vice President, Law and Regulation STEPTOE &JOHNSON LLP Brad Gillen 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW Director and Senior Corporate Counsel Washington, D.C. 20036 ECHOSTAR SATELLITE L.L.C. (202) 429-3000 1233 20thStreet N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036-2396 Counselfor EchoStar Satellite Operating (202) 293-0981 Corporation Enclosures 4 See Letter from Pantelis Michalopoulos, Counsel to Echostar, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC, dated October 9,2007.

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CERTIFICATION I, David Bair, certify under penalty of perjury that: 1. 1 am the Senior Vice President, Space Programs and Operations of EchoStar Communications Corporation (“EchoStar”), the ultimate parent of EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation. 2. To the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, EchoStar has satisfied the third milestone requirement for its Ka-band Fixed-Satellite Service satellite authorized to operate at 112.85” W.L. by beginning physical construction of the satellite. October 8,2007

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