Attachment Extension STA

This document pretains to SES-STA-20050901-01200 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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ensoue sesstnamsoororme EchoStar Sataite Operating Corporaton ieasosocanse Approved by OMB 1 3060—0578 APPLICATION FOR EAKTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description ofthis application to identify t on the main menu: Extension Application for SES—STA—20050812—01095 (€050008) 1: Applicant Name: EchoStar Sateite Operating Phone Number: an—723—1000 Corporation DBA Name: Fax Number: ans—723—1600 Streets 9601 South Meridian Boulevard g—mai City: Englewood State: co Countrys USA Zipeode: sonre — Attention: David K Moskowitz mes2ES—51/—2005,0000—0/200 CatlSn£GSZO0SGrmDae_T/4/25., (orotheridenifien Pm L/ 13057 hn:y-/a[/flog utw apones o . t iByusityg>.

Before the repERAL CommuNtcaTions commtsston Washington, DC 20054 Eusoes sessrnassoneiorm isosooasre EchoStar Satlte Operating Commorat on In the Matter of EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation Application To Extend Special Temporary Authorityto Operate Thrce FCC Call Sign: 080008 Ka—band Antennasin Conjunction with AMC—1S at t108 W.L.® Ofbitl Location and EchoStar 9 at the 121° W.L. Orbital Location, and AMC—16 at the 97° Orbital Location in ArPLICATION To ExEND sPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY PursuanttoSections 307 and 309 ofthe Communications Act, as amended, 47 US.C. §§ 307 and 309 and Section25.120 of the Commission‘s Rules, 47 C.ER. § 25.120, EEchoStar Satelite Operating Corporation (‘EchoStr‘) hereby request a 30 day extension of the Special Temporary Authority("STA®) to operatethree Kaband transmitireceive 9.0 meter antennas located in Cheyenne, Wyoming with the AMC—15 satelte at the 105° W.L.orbtal location,the AMC—16 satelte at th97° WLL. orbital location, and the EchoStar 9 satllte atthe 121° W.L. orbital loction that was granted in File Number SES—STA—20050812—01095. Grant ofthis Extension Application willallow the continued opertion ofE050008 while EchoStar‘s application for permanent authorityfor this station is pending." ! SeeFile Nos. SES—LIC—20050610.00723 and SES—AMD—20050815—01 101. These applications were placed on public notice on August 24,2005

As described in more detal in theattached Application and exhibits, ththree Ka— band antennaslocated in Cheyenneare ach 9.0 meter Vertex surfice molded composite antennas thatare compliant with FCC regulationsfor opertion. They will operate in the 19.7— 20.2 Gitz (downlink) and 29.5—30.0 GHz (uplnk)frequency bands tlizinglt and right hand circular polarization in both the transmit and receive modes: Grant ofthis Extension Application will assist EchoStar i conducting regular operations with AMC—15 at 105° W.L., AMC—16 at 97° WL, and EchoStar 9 at 121° WL, including the receipt odirectohome video signals and broadband communications rom muliple GSO satelites. Integrating its Ka—band FSS lcenses with ts existing feet of DBS satellites will make t possibl for EchoStar to deliver additional video and other servicesto consumers" IfEchoStarloses is existingabilty to communicate with Ka—band satelltes,it wll delay EchoStar‘s effrts t integrate the capacity on its Ka—band FSS satllites wth ts existing DBS satelitestothe deriment ofconsumers. As a resul, grantofthis Extension Application is in the public iterest L GRANT OF THIS EXTENSION APPLICATION WILL NOTCAUSE ANY HARMFUL INTERFERENCE AND WILL SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST "The Commission has lonestanding policy of granting Special Temporary Authority where such authorization wl not cause harmil iterference and will serve tpublic interest, convenience and necessity. See eg, /n the Marter ofNewcomb Communications, Inc 8 ECC Red. 3631, 3633 (1993);/n te Mater of Columbia Communications Corp., 11 ECC Red * EchoStar crrently operatesa Ka—band payload on the EchoStar 9 satelite,a hybrid Ka— /Ru—band spaceeraf,at the 121° W.L. orbital location, one DBS satelite—— EchoStar7 ——at the 119° WL orbital location two DBS satlltes—— EchoStar 6 and EchoStar 8 —— at the 110° W.L orbial location and has an application pending to provide Ku—band service o the United Sttes from a Canadian—lcensed steliteatthe 118.7" W.L. orbtal location. See File No. SES—LES— 20040831—01253 (Rled Aue. 31, 2004)

8639, 8640 (1996); In he Mater ofAmerican Telephone & Telegraph Co., Order, 8 FCC Red. 8742 (1993). The requested opertions meet both ofthese tess. Fir, no harmfilinterference will b caused by the opertion ofthis eath station with AMC—15 at 105 W.L, AMC—16 at 97° W.L., nd EchoStar 9 at 121° W.L. EchoSlar‘s earthstation is fully compliant with the Commission‘s Rules regarding antenna performance. Further th system has been frequency coortinated. Second, swift grant of EchoStar‘s Extension Application will serve the public interest This earthsttion willallow EchoSta to provide a combination of video and broadband services and allow communications with multiple satellites and multiplfrequencies n the gsosttionary arc. As noted earier, the grant ofthis Appliation will allow EchoStar to conduct regular operations from multile orbital locations. By integrtingits Ka—band FSS licenses with its existng feetof DBS satlites, EchoStar will be able to provideadditional video and other services to consumers. Losing its existing STA authorityfor E050008 wl slow the development of ts itegrated product offerings. 1. SECTION3® WaAIVER In accordance with Section 304 of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C.§ 304, EchoStar hereby waives any claim to the use ofany particular frequeney or ofthe electromagnetic spectrum because ofthe previous use ofthe same, whether b license or otherwise. im. concuuston For the foregoing reasons, EchoStar respectfully requests an extension ofts existng Special Temporary Authority to operte th three Ka—band transmitieceive eath

stations in conjunction with AMC—1S at 105° W.L., AMC—16 at 97° W.L., and EchoStar 9 at121° W.L for an additional 30 days. Respectfully submited, is Pantelis Michalopoulos David K. Moskowite Philip L Malet Executive Vice President and General Counsel Brendan Kasper EchoStar Satellte Operating Corporation Steptoe & Johnson LLP 9601 South Meridian Boulevard 1330 Connectiont Avenve, N.W. Englewood, CO 80112 Washington, DC 20036—1795 (303) 723—1000 (202) 429—3000 Counselfor EehoStar Satellte Operating Corporation Dated: September 1, 2008 ces FCC Columbia Operations Center


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