Attachment letter

This document pretains to SES-MOD-20040227-00298 for Modification on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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ST E P T O E ti1o H N s o N LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW Pantelis Michalopoulos 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW 202.429.6494 Washington, DC 20036-1795 prnichaloQsteptoe.com Tel 202.429.3000 Fax 202.429.3902 steptoe.com April 12,2004 RECEIVED APR 1 2 2004 Via HAND DELIVERY PEtERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMIWW Ms. Marlene Dortch OFFIE OF THE SECRETARY Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 Twelfth Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 Re: File Nos. SES-MOD-20040227-00295; SES-MOD-20040227-00298; SES-MOD-20040227-00299 Dear Ms. Dortch: The above-referenced earth station modification applications were filed by DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC ("DIRECTV") seeking approval to add a DIRECTV satellite at Canada's 72.5" W.L. orbital location as a point of communication and to reflect the operation of uplink services to 72.5" W.L. These earth station modification requests were preceded by an application from DIRECTV for Special Temporary Authority to move its DIRECTV 5 satellite to 72.5" W.L.' EchoStar Satellite LLC ("EchoStar") has filed substantive comments, reply comments, and additional comments in connection with that request.2 The above-referenced earth station modification applications are art and parcel of DIRECTV's proposal to relocate its DIRECTV 5 satellite, and raise identical issues. P ' In the Matter of DZRECTV Enterprises, LLC, Request for Special Temporary Authority to Relocate DIRECTV 5 to 72.5" W.L. and to Conduct Telemetry, Tracking and Command Operations for an Interim Period, File No. SAT-STA-20040107-00002 (filed Jan. 7,2004). Comments of EchoStar Satellite LLC, In the Matter of DIRECTV Enterprises LLC, File No. SAT-STA-20040107-00002 (filed Feb. 17,2004); Reply Comments of EchoStar Satellite LLC, In the Mutter of DZRECTV Enterprises LLC, File No. SAT-STA-20040107-00002 (filed Mar. 10, 2004). Additionally, EchoStar filed comments concerning information released by DIRECTV pursuant to a protective order that concerns both the STA request for 72.5" W.L. and separate but related request to relocate DIRECTV 3 to 82" W.L. See Comments of EchoStar Satellite LLC With Respect To Information Filed Pursuant to Protective Order, filed in In the Mutter of DZRECTV Enterprises, LLC, (Continued.. .) WASHING ION P kI 0 t N I X LOS ANGtLtS LOYDON RKUSSEL \

STE P T O E silo H N S O N LLP Ms. Marlene Dortch April 12,2004 - Page 2 Accordingly, EchoStar respectfully requests that you associate Echostar's pleadings already filed in connection with DIRECTV's proposal to move a satellite to 72.5" W.L. with the above- referenced file numbers. Respectfully submitted, &A* Pantelis Michalopoulos Rhonda M. Bolton Counselfor EchoStar Satellite LLC cc: James H. Barker, Counsel for DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC Request for Special Temporary Authority to Relocate DIRECTV 3 to 82" W.L. and to Conduct Telemetry, Tracking and Command Operations for an Interim Period, File No. SAT-STA-20030903- 00300, and the DIRECTV 5 STA proceeding (dated Apr. 5,2004). The Commission also has placed on public notice an earth station application for authority to provide service to one million receive-only earth stations from that location. See Public Notice, Report No. SES-00590 (dated Mar. 25,2004).


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