Attachment Exhibit B

This document pretains to SES-MOD-20110809-00928 for Modification on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESMOD2011080900928_910916

                                                        Exhibit B
                                                        HNS License Sub, LLC
                                                        Call Sign E980296
                                                        Modification of License Application
                                                        August 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: 2011-08-09 12:57:31

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