Attachment GRANT

GRANT

DECISION submitted by IB,FCC

grant

2009-10-01

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20090810-00087 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2009081000087_744553

~~~~~J m# SAT— s3th— 200 36g6 — 000867 Call Sign 32739_ Grant Date i0/61/ 09 r identifier)/ Torm Dates period of Approved by OMB From 08/ “/03 To: 30 dd%s 3060_0678 31 Date & Time Filed: Aug 10 2009 9:54:01:200PM Approved: /WQM/ File Number: SAT—STA—20090810—00087 CaHSignZ Chié‘, 5);(8 B\'ar\ck FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR SPACE STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPLICANT INFORMATION Enter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu: Application to Renew Space Station STA to Relocate EchoStar 1 to 77.15 W.L. 1. Applicant Name: EchoStar Corporation Phone Number: 303—723—1000 DBA Name: Fax Number: Street: 100 Inverness Terrace East E—Mail: City: Englewood State: CO Country: USA Zipcode: 80112 m Attention: Linda Kinney — (202)293—0981

2. Contact Name: Pantelis Michalopoulos Phone Number: (202)429—6494 Company: Steptoe & Johnson LLP Fax Number: Street: 1330 Connecticut Ave., NW E—Mail: pmichalopoulos@steptoe.com City: Washington State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20036 — Attention: Relationship: Legal Counsel (If your application is related to an application filed with the Commission, enter either the file number or the IB Submission ID of the related application. Please enter only one.) 3. Reference File Number or Submission ID 4a. Is a fee submitted with this application? @ IfYes, complete and attach FCC Form 159. If No, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.F.R.Section 1.1114). £3 Governmental Entity ¢*%% Noncommercial educational licensee £4 Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification 5. Type Request «3 Change Station Location 4 Extend Expiration Date @ Other 6. Temporary Orbit Location 7. Requested Extended Expiration Date

8. Description (If the complete description does not appear in this box, please go to the end of the form to view it in its entirety.) EchoStar Corporation requests renewal of its special temporary authority for an additional 30 days to complete the relocation of the EchoStar 1 satellite to 77.15 W.L. See attached narrative. 9. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is subject @ Yes C No to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti—Drug Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because of a conviction for possession or distribution of a controlled substance. See 47 CFR 1.2002(b) for the meaning of "party to the application" for these purposes. 10. Name of Person Signing 11. Title of Person Signing Linda Kinney Vice President, Law and Regulation 12. Please supply any need attachments. Attachment 1: Narrative Attachment 2: Attachment 3: WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS MADE ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND / OR IMPRISONMENT (U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION AUTHORIZATION (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 312(a)(1)), AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 503).

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Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 No Nt No Nt ht Nt us Nt Ne Nt Nt Nt N) In the Matter of: ECHOSTAR CORPORATION File No. SAT—STA—20090130—00013 Application to Renew Space Station Special File No. SAT—STA—2009 Temporary Authority To Relocate Call Sign $2739 the EchoStar 1 Satellite to 77.15° W.L. APPLICATION TO RENEW SPACE STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY EchoStar Corporation ("EchoStar") hereby requests to renew for a period of 30 days its Special Temporary Authority to relocate the EchoStar 1 satellite to 77.15° W.L. The original STA expires on August 11, 2009.‘ As the Commission is aware, QuetzSat is an affiliate of SES Latin America, S.A. ("SES— LA") and SES S.A. (collectively, "SES"), with which EchoStar has entered into an agreement for the development of the Mexican BSS location at 77° W.L.* Pursuant to that agreement, the EchoStar 4 satellite has already been deployed to 77° W.L. with the Commission‘s approval." | See Stamp Grant, File No. SAT—STA—20090130—00013 (granted June 12, 2009). * See 77° W.L. Agreement, filed in File No. SAT—STA—20080616—00121, Attachment 3 ("EchoStar 8 Application"). * See EchoStar Satellite L.L.C., DA 06—868, Order and Authorization, 21 FCC Red 4077 (2006) ("77° W.L. Order"), assigned and transferred to EchoStar Corporation, File Nos. SES— ASG—20071108—01575, SES—T/C—20071108—01566 (consummated Jan. 1, 2008).

‘EchoStar has also sought Commission approval to modify its blanket earth station to operate with the EchoStar 8 satellite as a Mexican—licensed satellite from 77.0° W.L.* As described in the original STA application, the EchoStar 1 satellite is intended to replace the EchoStar 4 satellite — which is nearing the end of its life — and will provide service to the United States and Mexico in conjunction with the EchoStar 8 satellite." EchoStar 1 will operate at 77.15° W.L. until the planned launch of the QuetzSat—1 satellite to that orbital location in 2011. The satellite began its transfer from the 148° W.L. orbital location on June 29, 2009, and is expected to arrive at 77.15° W.L. on or around August 21, 2009. As discussed in detail in the original STA application, grant of this Application will serve the public interest because the redeployment of the EchoStar 1 satellite, along with the EchoStar 8 satellite, into service at 77.15° W.L., will augment the capacity that EchoStar and its affiliate, DISH Network Corporation, will have available to serve the United States from that Mexican 77° W.L. slot and result in a greater variety and quality of programming services, including high definition programming and local channels. Furthermore, the redeployment of EchoStar 1 will not cause harmful interference to any authorized user of the spectrum. Just as it was in the public interest to grant the original STA request, so too is it in the public interest to allow EchoStar to complete the redeployment of EchoStar 1 to 77.15° W.L. EchoStar will continue its relocation operations pursuant to the conditions imposed on the original STA.° * File No. SES—MFS—20080724—00977 (filed Jul. 24, 2008). ° Amendment #4 to Satellite Relocation and Use Agreement for the 77° W.L. Orbital Location, filed in EchoStar Satellite Operating L.L.C., File No. SES—LFS—20090130—00106, (filed Jan. 30, 2009) Attachment 4. Note that EchoStar 4 and EchoStar 1 may both operate at 77° W.L. for a short period prior to the end—of—life disposal of the EchoStar 4 satellite. ° See Stamp Grant, File No. SAT—STA—20090130—00013 (granted June 12, 2009).

For the foregoing reasons, EchoStar respectfully requests that the Commission grant the requested Special Temporary Authority to complete the relocation of EchoStar 1 to 77.15° W.L. Respectfully submitted, Is/ Pantelis Michalopoulos Linda Kinney Petra A. Vorwig Vice President, Law and Regulation Steptoe & Johnson LLP Brad Gillen 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. _ Director and Senior Counsel Washington, D.C. 20036 EchoStar Corporation (202) 429—3000 1233 20th Street, N.W. Counselfor EchoStar Corporation Suite 302 Washington, DC 20036—2396 (202) 293—0981 August 10, 2009


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