Attachment DISH - Commission re

DISH - Commission re

LETTER submitted by Jose Albuquerque

Letter requesting additional information

2015-03-25

This document pretains to SES-LFS-20140924-00752 for License to use Foreign Satellite (earth) on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESLFS2014092400752_1081255

                                            Federal Communications Commission
                                                     Washington, DC 20554


International Bureau


                                                         March 25, 2015

         Ms. Stephanie Roy
         Steptoe & Johnson LLP
         1330 Connecticut Ave. NW
         WashingtonDC, 20036—1795

                                                        Call Sign: E140100
                                                        File No.: SES—LFS—20140924—00752

         Dear Ms. Roy:

        On September 24, 2014, DISH Operating L.L.C. filed the above—captioned application seeking
        market access in the United States (CONUS) and authorization to operate 50,000 receive only
        fixed earth stations, using antennas with diameters of 4.5 and 6.3 meters. The earth stations will
        operate with the Ciel—6i space station, a Canadian—licensed 17/24 GHz BSS payload, on the SES—
        3 satellite operating at the 103° W.L. orbital location in the 17300—17700 MHz (space—to—Earth)
        frequency bands. Pursuant to Section 25.111(a) of the Commission‘s rules, 47 C.F.R. §           E
        25.111(a), we request that DISH provide additional information to facilitate processing this
        application. Please provide, by amendment to the above—captioned application, the additional
        information requested in the bulleted points below:

              e    Confirm whether the G/T Maximum Gain Point for the Ciel—61 space station is 7.4
                   dB/K, as identified in the submitted Schedule S, item S7(O), noting that SES
                   Americom, Inc., in its application for the SES—3 satellite," provides a Maximum Gain
                   Point G/T of —7.4 dB/K,;

              o    Providé an Antenna Id in Item E28 of Form 312, Schedule B;

              e    Confirm or correct that the earth station antenna diameter is 4.5 or 6.3 meters, as
                   indicated in Item E33/E34 of Form 312, Schedule B;                             >

              e    Confirm or correct the earth station antenna gain values submitted in items E41 and E42
                   of Form 312, Schedule B;

              e    Provide specific emission designators in items E41 and E42 of Form 312, Schedule B;
                   and,




         ‘ SES Americom, Inc., Application for Authority to Operate the SES—3 Replacement Satellite at 103° W.L., IBFS File
         Nos. SAT—RPL—20121228—00227, SAT—AMD—20131113—00132.


   e   Provide a range of data for earth stations operating with the Ciel—6i space station in
       items E51 through E57 of Form 312, Schedule B.

We request that DISH respond to this letter within 10 business days. Failure to do so may result
in the dismissal of the application in its entirety pursuant to Section 24.112(c) of the
Commission‘s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 25.112(c).


                                             Sincerely,



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                                              oseP. Albuquerq
                                             Chief, Satellite Division
                                             International Bureau



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