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This document pretains to SAT-STA-20050614-00124 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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olr4 CallSign S262\ GmaiDaw S vuve. VT, 2005) (or otheridenifien roved by OMB 3060—0578 TomDotee Date & Time Filed: Jun 14 2005 $38:12:993PM From_Iwys UJ, 2005To mumiiugiedgg * File Numbe: SAT—§TA—20050614—00124 Callsign: FEDERALCOMMUNICATIONS CoMiMISsION ArpLiCATION FoR SPACE STATION SPECIAL TeMPORARY AUTHORITY \, ror OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPLICANT INFORMATION Enter a descrition ofthis application to identify it o the main menu: STA to Relocate EchoStar 4 from 157 W.L. to 61.5 W. 1. Applicant Name: FEchoStar Satelite LLC. Phone Number: ans—723—1000 DBA Name: Fax Number: am—7m—1609 Street: 9601 South Meridian Blyd. R—Mai Cig: Englewood State: co Country: USA Zipeode: sonr — Attention: David K Moskowite

ATTACHMENT Conditions of Authorization: SAT—STA—20050614—00124 Call Sign: 2621 Grant Date: June 17, 2005 EchosStar Satellite L LC.‘s ("EchoStar") requestfor Special Temporary Authority (STA),File No. SAT—STA—20050321—00068, t relocate the EchoStar 4 stelite from the 157° W.L. orbial Tocation to the 61.35° WL. orbital location S GRANTED. Accordinaly, EchoStaris authorized to operate the EchoStr 4 stelite‘s Tracking, Telemetry, Command, and Monitoring (TTC&M) during the dritto the 61.35° W.L.orbital location for a period of30 days from June 17, 2005, until July 17, 2005, in accordance with the terms, conditions, and technical specifications set forth in its application and this Attachment; and (1) During the dif of the EchoStar 4 satellteto the 61.35° W.L.orbital location, EchoStar shal not aperate the main communications payload on EchoStar 4 (2) EchoStar shall coordinate ts TTC&M operations with existing geostationary satelites to ensure that no unacceptable iterference resultsfrom ts TTC&M operations during the drif. (3) During the drf ofthe satelite to the 61.35° WL. orbital location, no harmful nterference shall be caused by the EchoSar4 satelite to any other lawfully operating satelites or radiocommunication systems. Operations ofhe EchaStar 4 satelite shall cease immediately upon notifation of such interference and EchoStar shall nform the Commission in writing immediately of such an event. (4) During the dif of the sateliteto the 61.35° W.L. orbital location, EchoStar 4 is required to acceptinterference from other lawfully operating in—orbit satelltes. (5) Any action taken or expense incurred asa result ofoperations pursuanttothis actionis solely at EchoStar‘s own risk. (6) EchoStar shall notify the Commission in writing 24 hours prir to the EchoStar 4 arrivalat the 61.35° W.L. orbital location. (7) Grant ofthis application is withoutprejudiceto action on Echostar‘s June 8,2008 Pettion for Reconsideration of the EchoStar 4 Order. See Echostar Sateite, LLC, Memorandir Opinion and Order, DA OS—1581 (rl June 3, 2005) (‘EchoStar 4 Order®). Further, grant ofthi application does not constitte an authorization pursuantto Section25.161(c)ofthe Commission‘s Rules conceming automatictermination of icense. TA ~reoscnl, * O Suwe 7 20057

2. Contet Name: Panelis Michalopoutos Phone Number: 2n—29—6006 Company: Steptoe & Johnson LLP Fax Number: an2—420—3002 Streets 1330 Connectieut Ave, NW. g—m prtichalo@steptoe.com City: Washington State: pe Country: USA Zipeode: 2oose ~1795 Attention: Relationshi Legal Counsel (1fyour applcation is elated to an application fled withthe Comminson, enter he fle number blow.) 3. Reference File Number 4. Is fee submited with this application? @ 1fes complete and attach FCC Form 159. If No, indicate reason forfee exemption(se 47 C.FR.Section 1.1114) @ Governmental Entity y Noncommersial educationl ensee @ Other(lease explain: (i. Fee Classifcation CRY — Space Sution (Geostationary) 5. Tope Request @ Change Sution Location @ Extend Expiration Date g Oe 6.Temporary Orbi Location 7. Requested Extended Expiration Date ols

8. Description (Ifthe complete description does not appear in this bon, please go t the end oft form to view it in ts entirey.) ee attached application. 9. By checking Yes,the undersigned certfes that neither aplicant nor any other party t the applicaion is subject @ ¥es o No to a denialofFederal benefis thatincludes FCC benefis pursiantto Section 5301 ofthe Anti—Drig Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because ofa convictionforpossession ordstibution ofa contraled substance. See 47 CFR 1—2002(b) forthe meaning of &quotpartyto the applicaton&quotfor these purposes. 10. Name ofPerson Signing 11. Tile o Person Sining [David K. Moskowite Executive VicePresident and General Counsel 12. Please supply any need attachments Atachment 1: Namtive App. Atchment2: Adachment 3: WiLLEUL FALSE STATEMENTS MADE ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND / OR IMPRISONMENT (U.S. Code, Tite 18, Setion 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION AUTHORIZATION (U.S. Code, Titl 47, Section 312@)(1)), AND/OR FORFETTURE3. Code, Til 47, Section 503.

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Before the repERAL commuNicaTions commitsston Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matier of EenoStar Surevume LL.C. File No. SAT—STA—2005 Application for Special Temporiry Authority To Move EchoStar 4 toward 61.5° WL. and to Conduct Telemetry, Trackimand Command Operations During Relocation n ExrepirEp consiperarion requestEp Appuicion ror srEciat. TEMroraRy AUtHoRITY Pursuantto Setion 309 ofthe Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §.309, and Part 25 othe Commission‘s Rules, 47 C.F.R. Part 25, EchoStar SteliteL L C. ("EchoStar®)hereby submitsthis applcation for specia temporary authoriy (‘STA")for a peried ofup to 30 days to(a) move the EchoStar 4 satlite from its current orbtallocation at 157° W.L toward 61.5° W.L.‘; and (b) perform telemety, tracking and command ("TT&C operations during the requested relocation.® Ifthe Commission grans EchoStar‘s pending ! More precisely, EchoStar wll elocate EchoStar 4 to 61.35° W.L,a position within plus ominus 0.2 degrees ofits proposed assigned orbial location, consistent wth PCC policy Such a reloction willprovidesufcient physical separation between EchoStar4, EchoStar 3 and Rainbow 1, als authorized atthe 61.5° W.L. orbitl location, but positioned at61.5° W.L and 61.65° W.L., espectively. See Letter fom Beniamin J. Grifin, counse|to Rainbow DBS, Inc. to Tom Tyez, FCC,re: Rainbow DBS Company LLC Authoriation o Launch and Operate Rainbow—1 (File No. SAT—M0D—20020408—00062), dated Jul. 15, 2003. * To the extent required, EchoStar hereby requestsa waiver of Section 25.153 othe Rules. While EchoStar does not believe thatthis request consttutes a ‘repertious" application because ofthe additinalpublic nteret beneftsassociated with the proposed move, good cause existsforthe waiver ohis rultthe extent necessary. Unike ts predecessorapplication, this (Continged ..

petition fo reconsideration regarding its requesttoplace EchoStar 4 at 77" W.L. during the requested 30—day period, EchoStar wll stopthe spocecratat 77° W.L. However, in submiting this STA request, EchoStar underkes and acceptsthisk thatthe Bureau may ulimateldeny its pendingrequest o relocate EchoStar 4 t the 77° W.L. orbtal loction. In the event of such denial, EchoStar 4 will continue ont 61.5° W.L. EchoStar requests expeditious grant ofthis sma> Allowing EchoStar 4 to move immediately fom 157" W.L. is i the public intrest because it will expedite thsatelite‘s arrival t the Mexican 77° W.L. orbital location should the Bureau reconsider is June 3 Denial Order® as requested by EchoStar in ts Peition for request is premised on thadditional benefitsassociated withrelocating EchoStar 4 to 77° W.L as setforth in EchoStar‘s Peition for Reconsideration and Supplement tereto ofhe June 3 Denial Order, DA 05—1581 (rel. June 3, 2005), as well as possible augmentation oftheservice provided by EchoStar 3 at61.5° W.L., which has recently experienced thefulure oan additional trveling wave tube amplifer " Pursuant tSection 309 ofthe Act and the Commission‘s Rules, this aplieation for Special Temporary Authorty (°STA")can be granted without being placed on public notice. Section 309(e)Z)(G) specifically excludes from any publicnoticerequirements applications for "special temporary authorization for non—broadcast opertion notto exceed thity days where no applicationfor regular operation is contemplated t be Aled or notto exceed sity days pending the fling ofan application for such regular operation." Similarl, Section 25.120(b)oftRules allows the Commission to grant such requests without placing them on public notice and Section 25.151(6) states that"(a) publi notice willnot normally beissued fo eceipt ofthe following applications...(2) Fortemporary authoriztion pursuant t §25.119 [sic,"— EchoStarishereby requestingspecial temporiry suthority only for up to 30 days in orderto allow i to d EEchoStar 4 to another orbitl location. Moreover, public noticein this case would be prticularly inappropriate given the exigent circumstancessetfoth in this appliction and the fic thata simila equestto move EchoStar 4 was recently acted upon by the Bureau afterfull opportunity for public comment withoutany formal objections. See ile No. SAT—STA—20050321—00068. * See In the MatteofEchoStar Satellte LLC, Application for Special Temporary Auhority to Condict Telemetry, Tracking and Command Operations daring the Relocation of EchoStar4 to the 77° WL OrbitalLocation: Apolicationfor Modiicatio ofDirect Broadcast Satellte Authorization to Permit Long—Term Cessation ofOperations on Three DBS Channels at the 157° WL OrbitalLocation: Applicationfor Modifcation ofEarth Station Authorization to (Continged .

Reconsideration in that proceeding, and allow it to relocate th satlite to 77° W.L.® EchoStar has added totherecord ofthatproceeding significant furthr information about the publi benefis ofrelocating EchoStar 4 o the 77* W.L. orbta loction. As EchoStar has explaied in a supplement t ts Petition for Reconsidertion also file today, these benefits include immediate delivery ofadditional drectto—home (‘DTH") service to Mexican and U.S. consumers. Further,these benefits can be achieved without harm to any existing EchoStar custemers beeause theserviceprovided by EchoStar 4 at 157" W.L.is dulicatve of programming provided by EchoStarat148° W.L. from other satelites in ts Nest. Butthe Bureau need not evaluatethese benefitsforthe purposes othis request, whichis atEchoSta‘s own tisk. In the eventthatEchoStar‘s Pettion for Reconsideation is denied, granohis Applieation is stl in the publc interest because EchoStar 4 will be able to continuc on to the 61.5° W.L. orbiallocation where it wllbeused t augment and/or provide backup for services ffom EchoStar3, which hasrecenty experienced an addtional trvelingwave tube amplifier (TWTA®)failure. 1. GRaNT or THs APPLICATION WiLL NoT Cause Haryrot intERFEReENCE To orHER OPERATING OR LICENSED saTELLITES "The grant ofthis Application willnot present any significant iskoharmfulinterference to other U.S. and non—U.. authorized and operatingsateftes. The regular DBS uplink and downlink transmissionsfor EchoStar 4 willbe turned off daringthtrnsiton from the add the BchoStar 4 Satelite at 77° WL as a PoinofCommunication, DA 05—1581 (re. Je 3, 2003) (June 3 Denial Order®). ° See Peition for Reconsidertion (Aled June 8, 2005) and Supplement o Pettion for Reconsidertion (Aled June 14, 2005)File Nos. SAT—STA—20050321—00068, SAT—MOD— 20050513—00103, SES—MFS—20050527.00662. The publiinterest benefitsassociated wth relocating EchoStar 4 to 77° W.L. ar fllysetforth n EchoStr‘sPeiion and Supplement, and are incorporated hereinby refrence.

157° W.L. o 61.5° WLorbia loction, withonly TT&C aperations being performed in the DBS bands during therelocation. In accordance with industry proctice, choStar will coortinate iss TT&C operations with porentiall affected stelite opertors duringthe relocation ofthis satelite. 11— oraNT oTs APPLICATION s IN Ti PuBLIC iNTEREST Grant ofthis STA request is in the publicintrest, whether ornot he Bureau ulimately grants EchoStar‘ Pettin for Reconsideration of the Jme 3 Dental Order. If the Burcau were to reconsider ts denil ofhe relocation of EchoSuar 4 and allow EchoStar to move the satelite immeditelyto the 77° W.L.orbital location, the instant STA willhelpto ensure that EchoStar 4 reaches it destination in ime t achieve all of the publi nterest benefits associted with such a move. These benefit include the delivery oaddtional DTH services to Mexican and U consumers. Alternatively, even ifthe Bureau were to deny EchoStar‘s Peitionfor Reconsidention, EchoStar 4 willcontinue on to the 61.5° WLL. orbta loction where it will augment or rovide backup for theserviceprovided from EchoStar 3, which has recently experienced an additional TWTA falure A. Publlc Interest Benefts if EchoStar‘s Petiion for Reconsideration is Granted EchoSter Will Provide Serviceto the UnitedStatesfrom EchoStar4 at 77° WL. Ttte Bureau grants EchoStar‘s Petiion for Reconsidention, EchoStar can and will serve consumers located in cerain southerm U.S. statesfrom the 77°W.L. orbital location. Spccificll, because ofthe Mexican coverage requirements st fort in the QuetzSat concession,the EchoStar 4 satelte will not have ull coverage ofthe continental United Sats. Importatly,however, EchoStar 4 will cover largeareas in several southern States. The additional capacity intothe United States from 77° W.L. willbe used to provide augmented coverage to markets with significant Spanish—speaking populations in portions ofCONUS where practicable. EchoStaris

a pioneerand has a proven record in providing ethnic programming packages o underserved communities in the United States and will continuet do so from EchoStar 4 at the 77° W.L. orbia loctionby providing primarily Spanish language programming services ove tht stelitethat are populato both Mexican consumersand the burgeoningHispanic populations in the southem United States These benefits are consistent with the publi interest benefits in the recent rant of an STA request (and reated applications)by DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC (*DIRECTV*).® In that proceeting, DIRECTV had entred int a arrangement with TelesatCanada (*Telesa") whercby DIRECTV relocate the DIRECTV 5 satellte to Telesa‘s Canadian—lcensed BSS slotat 72.5° WL, from which DIRECTV would provide DBS service on an intrim basis tothe United Stites. The Bureau approved thatarrangement, despit inding tht Canada did not meet the *effective competitiveopportunites" tesfor comparable DBS services, because ofthe public interet benefits associated with increasing the number of marketsable to receive ocal—ito—local programming fom DIRECTV—" EchoSter Will Provide Service to Mexico From EchoStr 4 at 77° WL. The EchoStar 4 satelite will also be used to provide directo—home (‘DTH")service to consumers in Mexico Service ffom EchoStar 4 will begin immediately upon receipt oa DTH concession by QuetSat Directo,an afiliate ofthe Mexican BSS concession holder, QuetzSat, . de R.L.de C.V. EchoStar has been assured that such a concession will b received very soon. Moreover,as representtives ofthe Mexican Govemment have receatly stated to the Chrirman, threlocation * Inthe Maiter ofDIRECTV Enterprises, LLC, Requestfor SpecialTemporary Authoriy forthe DIRECTV 3 Satelit, DA 04—2526, Order and Authorization, SAT—STA—20040107— 00002, Call Sign 52417 (released Aug. 13, 2004 "1d ag23.

ofthe EchoStar 4 satliteatthe 77°W.L.orbital position wil allow the Mexican Government to improve the availablity and accessto the general population ofdigial servics hroughout Mexico,includingeducation centes, ibraies, health centers (among others) as part of the — Mexico NationalSystem, as well as other national social coverage programs."* The Mexican Govemmentalsoadded that th e—Mexico program and the universal availbility of digial services arvery important public policy gosls of the Mexican Government "Thus,asin the Commission‘s decision which allowed DIRECTV to move the DIRECTV 3 satelte to Canadian orbital location at 82° W.L.to provideservice o Canadian customens," EchoStar 4 willbeused almost immediately to benefit Mexican consumers upon it artival at the 77° WL. orbia loction by providing additional DTH services. Indec, the move ofEchoStar 4 to 77° W.L. willbe a key step towards thitroduction of a new and comperiive DTH service in Mexico. In fct, the move willallow a second DTH compettorto ente the Mexican DTH market, which currently has only one DTH provider. This immediate beneftfor Mexican consumers is atlest as compellingas the DBS needs of Canadion consumers,which served as the basisfothe publicintrest finding in the DIRECTY 3 Order: B Public Interest Benefis Even if EchoStar‘s Petiion for Reconsideration is Denied Even if EchoStar‘sPertion for Reconsidertion regarding77° WL. is denied, rant of this Application i tllin the publi nteret. The EchoStar 3 satlite, which is located at ° See Mexico Lette t 2. o " See DIRECTY, Inc. Order and Authorization, 19 FCC Red 11053, t 9 10 (2004) CDIRECTY 3 Order") " See DIRECTV 3 Order at% 10.

61.5° W.L. has recently suffered thefulure of an additionsl TWTA. This, elocating EchoStar 410 61.5° WL. will alow EchoStar4 o augment t service provided by EchoStar 3 from 61.5° W.L. andfor serveas backup for tat satlite. u1. No ExistNc Echostar cusrontERs WILL BADVERSELY IMPACTED ay TwE PROPOSED RELOCATION OF ECHOSTAR 4 None ofEchoStar‘s customers wl loseservice by the removal ofEchoStar 4 from 157° W.L. The reason is simple: the programming tatis being caried on EchoStar 4 at 157° W.L is totlly duplicatve of programming avaiable rom the EchoStar 1 and EchoStar 2 satelites at 148° W.L Furthermore,noservie to Alaska and Hawaii wllbeaffectedas a resut of the move of the EchoSta 4 satelite. While EchoSiar 4 was origially confiured to provideservice to Alaska and Hawaiifrom the 119° W.L.slo, when questionsregarding satlite heath and other issues led EchoStar o decide to move EchoStar 4 to157° WL., EchoStar requeste and received a waiver of th requirement tserve Alaska and Hawaii from thatsatelt atthat location." Purthermore, any locations in these states that might nevertheless be able to receiveservice rom 157° WL. would have at leasthe sameablitytoreceive service ffom EchoStar 1 or EchoStar 2 at 148° WL." n sum,since programming on EchoSar 4 duplcates programming avalable from the 148° W.L. orbital location anyway, noservice to Alaska and Howaii wllbe lost, even "* See EchoStarSatelte L1.C. Memorandum Opinion and Order, 19 ECC Red 6075,at 1 (2008)(‘EchoStar 4 Modification Order). " EchoStar 1 and EchoStar 2 at 148° WL. also operte under a waiverothe requirement to serve Alsska and Hawail. See AchoStarSarellte LL.C. Order and Authorization, 18 FCC Red 7886, 7892 9 15 (2003) (granting a waiver of geographic servicerequirementsfor EchoStar 2); EchoStr Satelite LLC , Memorandtum Opinion and Order, 13 FCC Red 8505, 8599 4 8 (1998) (same for EchoStar 1).

setting aside the technical diffcultesthat led EchoStar to request a waiver of the goographic service requirement for EchoStar 4. Iv. REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION EEchoSta espectfllyrequests that the Commission grant th requested authority immediatelyfor reasons aready explaid in EchoStar‘ssubmissions in File Number SAT—STA— 20050321.00068.. v.— warver rurstaNt To secrion s« or Te act In accordance with Section 304 othe Communications Act of 1934,as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 304, EchoStar hereby walves any clim to th use of ny partcular fequency or ofthe electromagnetic spectrum as againsthe egulatory pover ofthe United States because ofthe previous use ofthesame, whetherby leense or otherwise. vi. concuusion For the foregoing reasons, EchoSta respectfilly requests the expeditious rant ofthis applicationfo special temporay authorityfor up to 30 days to move EchoStar 4 t 61.5° W.L. and to perform TT&C operations in orde trelocate the satelite t this orbitl location

Respectfully submited, s Pantlis Michalopoulos David K. Moskowitz Philip L. Malet Executive Vice President & General Counsel Brendan Kasper EEchoStar Stelite LLC. sTepror & JoHNSON LtP 9601 South Meridian Boulevard 1330 Connecticut Avenve, N.W. Englewood, CO 80112 Washington, D.C. 20036 (303) 723—1000 (202) 429—3000 Counselfor EchoStar SuteliteLLC. June 14, 2005


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