Attachment Question 36

This document pretains to SES-MFS-20110701-00767 for Modification w/ Foreign Satellite (earth station) on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESMFS2011070100767_901683

                                                      Exhibit D
                                                      HNS License Sub, LLC
                                                      Call Sign E060445
                                                      Amendment to Modification Application
                                                      July 2011


                                    Response to Question 36


       On June 8, 2011, EchoStar Corporation (“EchoStar”) acquired control of Hughes

Communications, Inc., parent company of HNS License Sub, LLC. See BRH Holdings, GP, Ltd.

and EchoStar Corporation, DA 11-1015 (Int’l. Bureau, released June 8, 2011).

       In a letter dated May 27, 2009, the Satellite Division of the International Bureau returned

EchoStar Corporation’s (“EchoStar’s”) application to operate a geostationary C-band satellite at

the nominal 85° W.L. orbital location as unacceptable for filing, without prejudice to refilling.

See Letter from Robert G. Nelson, Chief, Satellite Division, to Pantelis Michalopoulos, Counsel

for EchoStar Corporation, DA 09-1149 (May 27, 2009).

       On July 29, 2010, the International Bureau dismissed EchoStar’s application to construct,

launch, and operate a C-band satellite at the 84.9º W.L. orbital location. EchoStar Corporation,

Application to Operate a C-Band Geostationary Satellite Orbit Satellite in the Fixed-Satellite

Service at the 84.9º W.L. Orbital Location, Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 10-1401 (July

29, 2010).



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Document Modified: 2011-07-01 12:32:38

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