ES 15 Test 23 STA.pd

LETTER submitted by EchoStar Corporation

Letter re: 23

2010-07-08

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20100615-00133 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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Christopher R. Bjornson 1330 Connecticut Ave, NW 202.429.3059 Washington, D.C. 20036 cbjornson@steptoe.com Tel 202.429.3059 Fax 202.429.3902 steptoe.com July 8, 2010 FILED ELECTRONICALLY AND SENT VIA EMAIL Ms. Andrea Kelly Satellite Division International Bureau Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: EchoStar Corporation, SAT-STA-20100615-00133, S2811 Dear Ms. Kelly: In connection with the above-referenced application for Special Temporary Authority (“STA”), EchoStar Corporation (“EchoStar”), through undersigned counsel, writes to describe the continuing need for a partial grant of the requested STA notwithstanding the grant of its application for launch and operating authority of the EchoStar 15 satellite. Subsequent to the filing of the above-referenced STA application, EchoStar was granted authority to construct, launch and operate the satellite.1 The authorization gives EchoStar the authority to construct and launch EchoStar 15 with the capability of using all 32 DBS frequency channels at the nominal 61.5º W.L. orbital location, but does not grant EchoStar authority to operate the satellite on DBS channels 23 and 24 as those channels have not been permanently assigned to any DBS provider.2 Consequently, while EchoStar has now been granted authority to launch and operate the satellite, it still needs, as requested, STA to test the satellite using channel 23. 1 FCC File No. SAT-LOA-20100310-00043, S2811 (granted July 1, 2010). 2 EchoStar has filed a separate STA application to operate EchoStar 15 over channels 23 and 24 consistent with its existing STA to operate over those channels. See FCC File No. SAT-LOA- 20100615-00134, S2811 (filed June 15, 2010). That application remains pending with the Commission.

Ms. Andrea Kelly July 8, 2010 Page 2 Please let us know if you have any questions. Sincerely, /s/ Christopher Bjornson Counsel for EchoStar Corporation cc: Chip Fleming Kathryn Medley Stephen Duall Mark Young


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