pet to deny amended

PETITION submitted by Spectrum Five LLC

Petition To Dismiss or Deny Amendment/Application

2010-08-02

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-20100329-00058 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATMOD2010032900058_832071

                                     BEFORE THE
                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                                   WASHINGTON, D.C.



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                                                         )
In the Matter of:                                        )
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DISH OPERATING L.L.C.                                    )    File Nos.: SAT-MOD-20100329-00058
                                                         )               SAT-AMD-20100610-00127
Application for Minor Modification of                    )
Authority to Allow Operation of EchoStar 7               )
at 118.8° W.L.                                           )
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and                                                      )    Call Sign: S2740
                                                         )
Amendment to Application for Minor                       )
Modification of Authority to Allow                       )
Operation of EchoStar 7 at 118.8° W.L.                   )
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                          PETITION TO DISMISS OR DENY
                    AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION AND APPLICATION




David Wilson                                                 Howard W. Waltzman
President                                                    Brian J. Wong
Spectrum Five LLC                                            Mayer Brown LLP
1776 K Street, N.W., Suite 200                               1999 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006                                       Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 293-3483                                               (202) 263-3000

                                                             Counsel to Spectrum Five LLC
August 2, 2010


                            SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION

       DISH Operating L.L.C. (“DISH”) has filed a purported Amendment to its Application to

provide Direct Broadcast Satellite service from EchoStar 7 at the 118.8º W.L. orbital location.1

Because the underlying Application was defective, and a defective application cannot be

amended, the Application and Amendment should be dismissed or denied. Even if a defective

application could be amended, the Amendment neither satisfies the orbital debris mitigation

requirements nor addresses the other concerns raised in connection with Spectrum Five’s Petition

To Dismiss or Deny the underlying Application.2

I.     DEFECTIVE SPACE STATION APPLICATIONS CANNOT BE AMENDED.

       The Application was defective because it did not contain an orbital debris mitigation

assessment required by Section 25.114(d)(14)(iii).       See Petition at 6-13; Reply at 3-5.

“Amendments to ‘defective’ space station applications . . . will not be considered.” 47 C.F.R. §§

25.112(a), 25.116(b)(5); see Reply at 5-6. Moreover, a materially defective application cannot

be fixed by submitting information in response to a request by the Bureau. See Reply at 6-9.

DISH does not claim that the Commission’s requirement to prepare a complete orbital debris

mitigation assessment was “ambiguous” or in need of clarification. See id. at 8-9. Further, the

1
       Application, In re DISH Operating L.L.C. Application for Minor Modification of
Authority To Allow Operation of EchoStar 7 at 118.8° W.L., File No. SAT-MOD-20100329-
00058, Call Sign S2740 (filed Mar. 29, 2010) (“Application”); Amendment to Application for
Minor Modification, In re DISH Operating L.L.C. Amendment to Application for Minor
Modification of Authority To Allow Operation of EchoStar 7 at 118.8° W.L., File Nos. SAT-
MOD-20100329-00058, SAT-AMD-20100610-00127, Call Sign S2740 (filed June 10, 2010)
(“Amendment”).
2
       Spectrum Five LLP hereby incorporates by reference the Petition To Dismiss or Deny, In
re DISH Operating L.L.C. Application for Minor Modification of Authority To Allow Operation
of EchoStar 7 at 118.8° W.L., File No. SAT-MOD-20100329-00058, Call Sign: S2740 (filed
May 17, 2010) (“Petition”), and the Reply in Support of Petition To Dismiss or Deny, In re
DISH Operating L.L.C. Application for Minor Modification of Authority To Allow Operation of
EchoStar 7 at 118.8° W.L., File No. SAT-MOD-20100329-00058, Call Sign: S2740 (filed June
4, 2010) (“Reply”).


Application did not make a substantial “attempt to demonstrate” compliance. See id. Thus, the

Bureau must reject the Amendment.

II.       THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT CURE THE DEFECTS IN THE UNDERLYING
          APPLICATION.

          Even if the Amendment could be considered, the Application (as amended) should still be

dismissed or denied because it would remain materially incomplete and defective. Although

DISH now recognizes that Spectrum Five has a pending application to operate a satellite at the

118.8° W.L. orbital location, the Amendment does not meaningfully address how DISH intends

to physically coordinate with Spectrum Five’s satellite. The Amendment states that if a “risk

develops in the future,” DISH will request authority to drift EchoStar 7 to another location.3 But

Section 25.114(d)(14)(iii) requires operators to plan ahead so that the Commission may assess

orbital debris risks in advance of approval.4 The Amendment does not identify any concrete,

physical coordination solutions, much less “provide an assessment of feasibility for these

proposed measures.”5 Nor is the Amendment responsive to the other defects in the underlying

Application. See Petition at 15-20; Reply at 10-13.

                                         CONCLUSION

          For the reasons stated above, the Application and Amendment should be dismissed or

denied.




3
       Amendment, Attachment A, § A.10.3.
4
       Second Report and Order, In re: Mitigation of Orbital Debris, 19 FCC Rcd. 11567, ¶ 14
& n.55 (rel. June 21, 2004).
5
       Letter from Robert G. Nelson, Associate Chief, Satellite Division, International Bureau,
to Bruce D. Jacobs and Tony Lin, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman LLP, filed in In re: Pegasus
Development DBS Corp. Authority to Construct, Launch, and Operate a Broadcasting-Satellite
Service System, File No. SAT-LOA-20090807-00084, Call Sign S2795 (dated Apr. 15, 2010).


                                 Respectfully submitted,


                                 s/s Howard W. Waltzman
David Wilson                     Howard W. Waltzman
President                        Brian J. Wong
Spectrum Five LLC                Mayer Brown LLP
1776 K Street, N.W., Suite 200   1999 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006           Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 293-3483                   (202) 263-3000


                                 Counsel to Spectrum Five, LLC

August 2, 2010


                               CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

       I, Howard W. Waltzman, hereby certify that on this 2nd day of August, 2010, I caused to
be hand-delivered a true copy of the foregoing upon the following:



Pantelis Michalopoulos                    Jeffrey Blum
Petra A. Vorwig                           Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
L. Lisa Sandoval                          Alison Minea
Steptoe & Johnson LLP                     Corporate Counsel
1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.             DISH Operating L.L.C.
Washington, DC 20036                      1110 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 750
                                          Washington, DC 20005




                                           _s/s Howard W. Waltzman
                                           Howard W. Waltzman


                            DECLARATION OF TOM SHARON

       I, Tom Sharon, hereby declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United

States that the foregoing is true and correct and that I have personal knowledge of such

allegations of fact as contained therein (except for those matters of which official notice may be

take). See 47 C.F.R. § 25.154(a)(4).


       Executed on August 2, 2010, in Duluth, Ga.




                                                  Tom Sharon
                                                  Chief Operating Officer
                                                  Spectrum Five LLC
                                                  1776 K Street, N.W., Suite 200
                                                  Washington, D.C. 20006
                                                  (202) 293-3483



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