Echo 6 Letter 05.03.

COMMENT submitted by EchoStar Corporation

EchoStar 6 Letter

2010-05-03

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20100203-00020 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2010020300020_814103

Petra A. Vorwig 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW 202.429.6417 Washington, DC 20036-1795 pvorwig@steptoe.com Tel 202.429.3000 Fax 202.429.3902 steptoe.com May 3, 2010 Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: EchoStar Corporation File Nos. SAT-STA-20100401-00062, SAT-STA-20100203-00020; Call Sign S2232 Dear Ms. Dortch: On behalf of EchoStar Corporation (“EchoStar”), this letter notifies the Commission that on May 3, 2010, EchoStar 3 (Call Sign S2653) experienced a transponder failure as a result of Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier anomalies, thereby diminishing EchoStar 3’s operating capacity. Pursuant to condition 3 of the above referenced special temporary authority, EchoStar activated the communications payload of the EchoStar 6 satellite to maintain service following the failure. EchoStar now notifies the Commission, in writing, of such activation within three business day of activation, pursuant to condition 4 of the grant.1 Yours sincerely, ________/s/_____________ Petra Vorwig Counsel for EchoStar Corporation cc: Andrea Kelly, International Bureau 1 See File No. SAT-STA-20100401-00062 (granted Mar. 3, 2010); see also File No. SAT-STA- 20100203-00020 (granted Apr. 17, 2010) (granting EchoStar STA to continue operating EchoStar 6 pursuant to the conditions imposed in File No. SAT-STA-20100203-00020).


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