Attachment Exhibit F

This document pretains to SES-MFS-20110912-01066 for Modification w/ Foreign Satellite (earth station) on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESMFS2011091201066_916389

                                                        Exhibit F
                                                        HNS License Sub, LLC
                                                        Modification of License Application
                                                        September 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).

         On July 26, 2011, the International Bureau denied EchoStar’s application, as amended

(File Nos. SAT-MOD-20101124-00244 and SAT-AMD-20110330-00065), to modify its

authorization at the 86.5º W.L. orbital location by substituting the EchoStar 8 satellite for new

construction. See EchoStar Corporation, DA 11-1251, slip op. at 4 (Int’l. Bur., released July 26,

2011).



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Document Modified: 2011-09-12 16:50:48

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