Attachment Exhibits

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-20160311-00027 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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EXHIBIT 1 DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED MODIFICATION (Response to Question 43) Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 25.117, DISH Operating L.L.C. (with its affiliates, “DISH”) requests a modification to extend its license term for the EchoStar 10 satellite (Call Sign S2694) at 110.2° W.L. for an additional 11 years. Specifically, EchoStar 10’s current license term expires on April 10, 2016, and the requested extension would allow its continued operations until April 10, 2027, consistent with the satellite’s estimated fuel consumption and end of life. The EchoStar 10 satellite was launched in February 2006. Since shortly thereafter, it has provided subscribers with additional and improved programming and services, including more local-into-local services and High Definition programming than previously provided by DISH. Thus, EchoStar 10 has served and continues to serve as an important component of the DISH network, the nation’s third largest pay-TV provider with approximately 14 million subscribers in the United States. In support of its request, DISH affirms that (i) all subsystems on the spacecraft are operating normally; and (ii) the spacecraft has no single point of failure. The requested license term extension will serve the public interest by allowing DISH to continue providing uninterrupted quality service for millions of subscribers. 1

EXHIBIT 2 OWNERSHIP AND CORPORATE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS (Response to Question 40) This exhibit provides details as to the ownership and corporate structure of DISH Operating L.L.C. and its ultimate parent, DISH Network Corporation (“DISH”). OWNERSHIP OF LICENSEE AND DISH DISH Operating L.L.C. is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of DISH. DISH is a publicly traded Nevada corporation. The stockholders owning of record and/or voting 10 percent or more of the voting stock of DISH include: Approx. Approx. Equity Voting Ownership Interest Citizenship Interest1 Interest1 Charles W. Ergen2 USA 48.3%3 78.5% Chairman and Chief Executive Officer DISH Network Corporation 9601 South Meridian Blvd. Englewood, CO 80112 1 As of February 29, 2016. 2 Includes both Class A common stock and Class B common stock ownership. Class B common stock is owned through several trusts. Mr. Ergen is deemed to own beneficially all of the Class A Shares owned by his spouse, Cantey M. Ergen. Mr. Ergen’s beneficial ownership includes: (i) 501,185 Class A Shares; (ii) 19,604 Class A Shares held in the Corporation’s 401(k) Plan; (iii) 772,000 Class A Shares subject to employee stock options that are either currently exercisable or may become exercisable within 60 days of February 29, 2016; (iv) 235 Class A Shares held by Mrs. Ergen; (v) 2,043 Class A Shares held in the Corporation’s 401(k) Plan by Mrs. Ergen; (vi) 15,890 Class A Shares held as custodian for Mr. Ergen’s children; (vii) 2,167,705 Class A Shares held by a charitable foundation for which Mr. Ergen is an officer; and (viii) 204,644,588 Class A Shares issuable upon conversion of Mr. Ergen’s Class B Shares. Mr. Ergen has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to 134,661,851 Class B Shares. Mr. Ergen’s beneficial ownership of Class A Shares excludes 33,790,620 Class A Shares issuable upon conversion of Class B Shares held by certain trusts established by Mr. Ergen for the benefit of his family. 3 Assumes conversion of all shares of outstanding Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock.

Putnam Investments LLC USA 18.3% 0.01% One Post Office Square Boston, Massachusetts 02109 William R. Gouger4 USA 13.0% 13.0% 5701 S. Santa Fe Drive Littleton, CO 80123 There are no other owners at 10% or greater. 4 Includes Class B common stock for which Mr. Gouger has voting power solely by virtue of his position as a trustee of certain trusts established by Mr. Charles W. Ergen for the benefit of his family. 2

CORPORATE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS5 DISH Network Corporation Executive Officers: Charles W. Ergen Chairman and Chief Executive Officer W. Erik Carlson President and Chief Operating Officer Thomas A. Cullen Executive Vice President, Corporate Development James DeFranco Executive Vice President R. Stanton Dodge Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Bernard L. Han Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning Vivek Khemka Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Roger Lynch Chief Executive Officer, Sling TV Holding L.L.C. Michael K. McClaskey Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Brian V. Neylon Executive Vice President, Acquisition and Retention Paul W. Orban Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Warren W. Schlichting Executive Vice President, Marketing, Programming, and Media Sales Steven E. Swain Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer John W. Swieringa Executive Vice President, Operations Board of Directors: Charles W. Ergen Chairman George R. Brokaw James DeFranco Cantey M. Ergen Steven R. Goodbarn Charles. M. Lillis Afshin Mohebbi David K. Moskowitz Tom A Ortolf Carl E. Vogel DISH Operating L.L.C. Executive Officers: Charles W. Ergen Chairman James DeFranco Executive Vice President R. Stanton Dodge Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary 5 The address for all officers and directors of DISH Network Corporation and DISH Operating L.L.C. is 9601 South Meridian Blvd., Englewood, CO 80112. 3

EXHIBIT 3 OTHER LICENSES AND APPLICATIONS (Response to Question 36) In a Memorandum Opinion and Order released May 16, 2002, the Satellite Division of the International Bureau cancelled two conditional construction permits held by affiliates of DISH Network Corporation (with its affiliates, “DISH”) for 22 channels at the 175º W.L. orbital location. See EchoStar Satellite Corporation, Directsat Corporation, Direct Broadcasting Satellite Corporation, Consolidated Request for Additional Time to Commence Operation, Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 02-1164 (rel. May 16, 2002). By an Order released July 1, 2002, the International Bureau cancelled DISH’s license for a Ka-band satellite system and dismissed a related modification application filed by DISH. See EchoStar Satellite Corporation; Application for Authority to Construct, Launch, and Operate a Ka-band Satellite System in the Fixed-Satellite Service, Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 02-1534 (rel. July 1, 2002). On November 8, 2002, the International Bureau reinstated DISH’s license for a Ka-band system as well as the related modification application. See EchoStar Satellite Corporation; Application for Authority to Construct, Launch, and Operate a Ka-band Satellite System in the Fixed-Satellite Service, Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 02-3085 (rel. Nov. 8, 2002). In a Memorandum Opinion and Order released April 29, 2004, the International Bureau denied, in part, four applications filed by DISH to operate GSO FSS satellites using the Ka and/or Extended Ku-bands at the 83º W.L., 105º W.L, 113º W.L, and 121º W.L orbital locations. See EchoStar Satellite LLC, Applications for Authority to Construct, Launch, and Operate Geostationary Satellites in the Fixed-Satellite Service Using the Ka and/or Extended Ku Bands at the 83º W.L., 105º W.L, 113º W.L, and 121º W.L Orbital Locations, Memorandum Opinion 1

and Order, DA 04-1167 (rel. Apr. 29, 2004). DISH’s petition for reconsideration of this decision was denied. See EchoStar Satellite LLC, Petition for Reconsideration, Applications for Authority to Construct, Launch, and Operate Geostationary Satellites in the Fixed-Satellite Service Using the Ka and/or Extended Ku Bands at the 83º W.L., 105º W.L, 113º W.L, and 121º W.L Orbital Locations, Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 06-865 (rel. Apr. 14, 2006). In a Memorandum Opinion and Order released August 3, 2004, the International Bureau declared null and void the space station authorization held by VisionStar, a DISH affiliate, for use of the Ka-band at the 113º W.L. orbital location. See VisionStar, Inc., Application for Modification of Authority to Construct, Launch and Operate a Ka-Band Satellite System in the Fixed Satellite Service, Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 04-2449 (rel. Aug. 3, 2004). By letter dated May 19, 2005, the Satellite Division of the International Bureau denied DISH’s applications for a Fleet Management Modification and for a Special Temporary Authority to move the EchoStar 4 satellite to 61.5° W.L., pending the Commission’s consideration of another DISH request to move the satellite to 77° W.L., on the grounds that the purpose of the proposed fleet management modification was not consistent with the purposes of the Commission’s rules and that there were no extraordinary circumstances for the grant of temporary authority. See Letter from Thomas S. Tycz, Chief, Satellite Division, International Bureau, FCC to Pantelis Michalopoulos, Counsel to EchoStar Satellite L.L.C., DA 05-1405 (May 19, 2005). In a Memorandum Opinion and Order released June 3, 2005, the International Bureau denied DISH’s application for a Special Temporary Authority to move the EchoStar 4 satellite to 77° W.L. on the grounds that DISH had failed to establish extraordinary circumstances for the grant of such authority. See EchoStar Satellite L.L.C., Application for Special Temporary 2

Authority to Conduct Telemetry, Tracking and Command Operations During the Relocation of EchoStar 4 to the 77° W.L. Orbital Location, Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 05-1581 (rel. Jun. 3, 2005). However, the International Bureau later granted partial reconsideration of this order and then granted DISH’s request to move the satellite to 77º W.L. where it would operate pursuant to Mexican authority. See EchoStar Satellite L.L.C., Application for Special Temporary Authority to Conduct Telemetry, Tracking and Command Operations During the Relocation of EchoStar 4 to the 77° W.L. Orbital Location, Order on Reconsideration, DA 05- 2067 (rel. Jul. 25, 2005); EchoStar Satellite L.L.C., Application for Special Temporary Authority to Conduct Telemetry, Tracking and Command Operations During the Relocation of EchoStar 4 to the 77° W.L. Orbital Location, Order and Authorization, DA 06-868 (rel. Apr. 18, 2006). By Memorandum Opinion and Order released May 31, 2012, the International Bureau denied DISH’s request to suspend operations on Direct Broadcast Service (“DBS”) channels at the 148º W.L. location in August 2009 and denied DISH’s request that the Commission hold its decision in abeyance until 90 days after the launch of EchoStar 16. The Commission further stated that it will make DBS channels 1-32 at the 148º W.L. orbital location available for reassignment when the Commission lists the freeze for filing new DBS applications. See DISH Operating L.L.C. Application to Suspend Operations at the 148º W.L. Orbital Location, Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 12-859 (rel. May 31, 2012). 3


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