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OTHER submitted by EchoStar

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2005-07-05

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20050321-00068 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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STEP T O E &JoH N S O N LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW Pantelis Michalopoulos 1330 Connecticut Avenue. NW 202.429.6494 prnic halo@steptoe.com - a; .’Qd R,?FA 1 Washington, DC 20036-1795 Tel 202.129.3000 Fax 202 429 3902 steptoe.com Jue - 5 2005 VIA HAND DELIVERY Ms. Marlene H. Dortch ’Mdsral ComrnunlcatiotjonsCornmisstcr Officf! of Secrelm Secretary Federal Communications Commission 415 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: 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, File No. SAT-S‘I’A-20050321-00068;Application for ModiJication of Direct Broadcast Satellite Authorization TGP c m i r L m g - f ~ r m Cessation qf Operutions On Three DBS Chanrzels at the i.57”W.L Orbital Lacatlcri. File No. §Aa’-MOLb-2O850513-00103 (Call Sign: S262 1); and Application for Modificution tffEiinh S r ~ ~ t ~Aiuhhorizcrtion oii to add the EchoStai- 4 Satellite at 77” W.L. as a ?tint of Cnmmunicution. File 80 SES-h~S-20050523-00643,(Call Sign: E020306) Dear Ms. Dortch, On July 1, 2005, EchoStar Satellite L.L.C. [“EchoStar”) submitted its Supplement No. 2 To Petition for Reconsideration regarding the above-referenced matters, together with a request that portions of “Attachment B” to that supplement be treated as confidential and not for public inspection under 47 C.F.R. $8 0.457 and 0.459. See Letter from Pantelis Michalopoulos, Counsel for EchoStar Satellite L.L.C. to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC (July 1,2005). “Attachment B” consisted of an amendment to an agreement between EchoStar and SES Americom, Inc. Today, EchoStar is submitting a substitute “Attachment B” consisting of the version of the agreement as executed by the parties, together with a separate request for confidentiality. See Letter from Pantelis Michalopoulos, Counsel for EchoStar Satellite L.L.C. to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary: FCC (July 5,2005). Please find enclosed a redacted copy of the substitute “Attachment B” for inclusion on the public record. WASHINGTON NEW YORK PHOENIX LOS ANGELES LONDON BRUSSELS - I .- -_-I -I” _- . ___r_..._ll_.-.”-l___-_ ~” 111--1_111111_”--.4* - -. ~ -1

STEPTO E &_lo H N S ON LLP Marlene H. Dortch July 5,2005 Page 2 Please contact the undersigned if you have questions regarding this matter. Respectfully submitted, Pantelis Michalopoulos Counselfor EchoStar Satellite L.L.C. Enclosures cc: (by electronic mail) Roderick K. Porter, Deputy Bureau Chief, International Bureau Cassandra Thomas, International Bureau Karl Kensinger, International Bureau Jay Whaley, International Bureau

AMENDMENT #1 TO SATELLITE RELOCATION AND USE AGREEMENT FOR THE 770 W.L. ORBITAL LOCATION THIS AMENDMENT 81 ("Amendment #I") to the Satellite Relocation and Use Agreement for the 77' W.L. Orbital Location effective as of 13 Mav 2005 (the "Orinid Aercemcnt"). between EchoStar 7 - -- Date"). Defined terms used in this Amendment # I have the meanings specified herein or in the Original Agreement. EchoStar and SES agree to amend the Original Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth below. Subsection I .B(4). A new clause (c) is added to Subsection I .B(4),to read as follows: I.B(4)(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, any operations of the Satellite, other than at the nominal 77" W.L. orbital location, will be subject to licensing by the FCC. including without limitation any operations following the occurrence of an anomaly that results in the inability to maintain the Satellite within io.I degrees of its assigned position at the nominal 77O W.L.orbital location. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Satellite shall be subject to the licensing jurisdiction of the FCC upon removal of the Satellite from the nominal 77O W.L. orbital location following the expiration or termination of the Service Term. Subsection 2.D(l). Subsection 2.D(I) is revised to read as follows: Section 9.E. Section 9.E is revised to read as follows: 9.E Relvratiua of Surellitc Upon Exoinfioa or tttmiaatioo. Upon expiration ur termination of this Agreement, EchoStar shall have discretion to relocate the Satellite to another BSS orbital location, subject to the prior approval of the FCC. General. Except as expressly modified herein, the Original Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms and conditions. -I-

This Amendment #J contains the complete and exclusive undentanding o f the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior negotiationsand agreements between the parties with respect thereto. SES GLOBAL Latin Amcric8, SA. EchoStrr SatcllitdLC. AND USE AGREEMENT FOR THE 770 W.L. ORBITAL LoCATlONl


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