2015 Ka Band Blanket

OTHER submitted by HNS License Sub, LLC

Section 25.145(f)(2) Report

2015-04-01

This document pretains to SES-LIC-20111021-01243 for License on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESLIC2011102101243_1081870

April 1, 2015

By Electronic Filing

Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary
Federal Communications Commission
445 Twelfth Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554

Re:     Section 25.145(f)(2) Report for Call Signs E060445 and E110149

Dear Ms. Dortch:

        HNS License Sub, LLC (“Hughes”) hereby submits the annual report that Section
25.145(f)(2) of the Commission’s Rules requires of holders of licenses for blanket earth
stations that operate in the fixed-satellite service in the 20/30 GHz bands.1

       Hughes is the licensee of Ka-band blanket licensed earth stations under Call Signs
E060445 and E110149. The antennas under Call Sign E060445 are used primarily to
communicate with the SPACEWAY 3 and EchoStar XVII satellites, which are operated by
Hughes’ corporate parent in the 20/30 GHz frequency bands at the nominal 95º W.L. and
107º W.L. orbital locations, respectively. The antennas under Call Sign E110149 are
gateway antennas used to communicate with the EchoStar XVII satellite at the nominal 107º
W.L. orbital location.

        Commercial operation of the SPACEWAY 3 satellite commenced in April 2008, and
commercial operation of the EchoStar XVII satellite commenced in October 2012. As of
December 31, 2014, approximately 940,000 user terminals of various types authorized under
the license for Call Sign E060445 had been brought into service via SPACEWAY 3 and
EchoStar XVII. As of the same date, 14 earth terminals authorized under the license for Call
Sign E110149 had been brought into service via EchoStar XVII.




1
  Section 25.145(f)(2) obligates blanket licensees of 20/30 GHz earth stations to submit to the
Commission an annual report indicating the number of earth stations actually brought into service under
its blanket license. The report is to indicate the deployment figures for the preceding calendar year. See
47 C.F.R. § 25.145(f)(2).


       Please associate this submission with the above-referenced licenses, and contact me if
you have any questions or require any additional information.


Respectfully submitted,




Steven Doiron
Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs

cc:    Columbia Operations Center



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