Withdrawal Letter.pd

LETTER submitted by EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation

Withdrawal Letter

2012-09-27

This document pretains to SAT-T/C-20110314-00054 for Transfer of Control on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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Pantelis Michalopoulos 202 429 6494 pmichalo@steptoe.com 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036-1795 202 429 3000 main www.steptoe.com September 27, 2012 Filed Via IBFS Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission International Bureau 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation, Withdrawal of File Nos. SAT-T/C- 20110314-00054; SAT-STA-20120914-00150 (Call Sign 2232) Dear Ms. Dortch: EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation (“ESOC”) submits this letter to withdraw its pending application to transfer control of the EchoStar 6 satellite to QuetzSat, S. de R.L. de C.V., which would have operated the satellite under Mexican authority at the nominal 77º W.L. orbital location.1 As a result of conversations with International Bureau staff, ESOC has filed a 180-day special temporary authority (“STA”) request,2 and will soon file a new 30-day STA request, to operate the EchoStar 6 satellite at this location. ESOC withdraws its STA-renewal and transfer applications based on its understanding, after consultation with the Bureau, that ESOC will be able to continue operating the satellite under STA at 77º W.L. pending the outcome of its 180- day STA request. Please contact the undersigned if you have any questions. 1 File No. SAT-T/C-20110314-00054 (filed Apr. 14, 2011); see also File No. SAT-STA- 20120914-00150 (filed Sept. 14, 2012) (60-day STA renewal request). 2 File No. SAT-STA-20120924-00153 (filed Sept. 24, 2012).

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch September 27, 2012 Page 2 Sincerely, /s/ Pantelis Michalopoulos Counsel for EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation cc: (via email) Cassandra Thomas Robert Nelson


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