Attachment Echo 3 at 61.8W Narr

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20140508-00048 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATSTA2014050800048_1045274

                                     Before the
                       FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                                Washington, D.C. 20554

                                                 )
                                                 )
In the Matter of                                 )
                                                 )
ECHOSTAR SATELLITE OPERATING                     ) File No. SAT-STA-20131111-00130
CORPORATION                                      ) File No. SAT-STA-2014____-_____
                                                 ) Call Sign S2741
Application for Renewal of Special               )
Temporary Authority to Operate EchoStar 3        )
as an In-Orbit Spare at 61.8º W.L.               )
                                                 )
                                                 )


                              APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL
                          OF SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY

         By this Application, and pursuant to Section 25.120(b)(2) of the Commission’s rules,1

EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation (“ESOC,” and with its affiliates, “EchoStar”) hereby

requests a 180-day renewal of its special temporary authority (“STA”) to operate the EchoStar 3

satellite at 61.8º W.L. as an in-orbit spare. Specifically, EchoStar requests continued authority to

conduct TT&C over the following frequencies: 17301.5 MHz (command); and 12201.0 MHz,

12203.0 MHz, and 12699.0 MHz (telemetry). The current STA for the space station expires on

June 22, 2014.2

         EchoStar launched the EchoStar 16 satellite in November 2012 to provide additional

service for its customer, DISH Network L.L.C., at the nominal 61.5º W.L. orbital location. In

anticipation of the arrival of EchoStar 16 at 61.5º W.L., and to provide adequate station-keeping




1
    47 C.F.R. § 25.120(b)(2).
2
    See Stamp Grant, File No. SAT-STA-20131111-00130 (granted Dec. 24, 2013).


margins for all the satellites in the 61.5° W.L. orbital cluster,3 EchoStar repositioned EchoStar 3

at 61.8º W.L. in early 2012.4 Operating at 61.8º W.L. as an in-orbit spare, EchoStar 3 remains in

close proximity to the 61.5º W.L. nominal orbital location and available, if needed, for

repositioning within the orbital cluster to provide service. Accordingly, grant of the requested

STA is in the public interest.

I.        THIS REQUEST IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND WILL NOT CAUSE
          HARMFUL INTERFERENCE

          The requested STA is in the public interest for the same reason EchoStar was previously

granted STA to operate EchoStar 3 as an in-orbit spare.5 Grant of this application will ensure

safe station-keeping margins for each of the satellites that are located at the nominal 61.5° W.L.

orbital location. Further, grant of this application will not cause harmful interference because

EchoStar will conduct TT&C operations with EchoStar 3 at 61.8º W.L. in accordance with the

conditions imposed on the original STA grant.6

II.       WAIVER PURSUANT TO SECTION 304 OF THE ACT

          In accordance with Section 304 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,

47 U.S.C. § 304, EchoStar hereby waives any claim to the use of any particular frequency or use

of the electromagnetic spectrum as against the regulatory power of the United States because of

the previous use of the same, whether by license or otherwise.




3
  EchoStar 3 has been operating at 61.8° W.L., while EchoStar 12 has been operating at 61.35°
W.L. and EchoStar 16 at 61.5° W.L. EchoStar 15 had also been operating in the 61.5° W.L.
cluster, but was relocated to 45.1° W.L. Stamp Grant, File No. SAT-MOD-20130503-00066
(granted June 20, 2013).
4
    Stamp Grant, File No. SAT-STA-20120424-00073 (granted Apr. 30, 2012).
5
    See id.
6
    Id.


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III.   CONCLUSION

       For the foregoing reasons, EchoStar respectfully requests grant of its application for

renewal of its 180-day STA to operate EchoStar 3 as an in-orbit spare at 61.8° W.L.


                                             Respectfully submitted,

                                                       /s/

                                             Jennifer A. Manner
                                             Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs
                                             EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation
                                             11717 Exploration Ln.
                                             Germantown, MD 20879
                                             301-428-5893



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