Attachment Narrative SES-STA-20100219-00220

Attachment Narrative

This document pretains to SES-STA-20100219-00220 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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Before the
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20554

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ECHOSTAR CORPORATION ) File No. SAT-STA-20100219-_____
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Application for Special Temporary Authority )
to Operate Its Transmit/Receive Earth ) File No. SAT-STA-20100219-_____
Stations with the EchoStar 14 Satellite at ) Call Sign E080215
118.9° W.L. )
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APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY

EchoStar Corporation (“EchoStar”) respectfully requests 60-day Special Temporary

Authority (“STA”), beginning on May 1, 2010, to operate its transmit/receive earth stations with

the EchoStar 14 satellite at 118.9 W.L. on the 21 Direct Broadcast Satellite (“DBS”) channels

that are already licensed to EchoStar’s sister company, DISH Operating L.L.C. (“DISH”), at the

119º W.L. nominal orbital location. Along with this application, DISH is filing (1) an

The proposed operations will not increase interference into any other operator because

the only satellite operating at the 119° W.L. orbital location that may be affected is DISH’s own

EchoStar 7 satellite as demonstrated in the Technical Narratives submitted with the EchoStar 14

Application and the Amendment Application.

II. SECTION 304 WAIVER

In accordance with Section 304 of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 304,

EchoStar hereby waives any claim to the use of any particular frequency or of the

electromagnetic spectrum because of the previous use of the same, whether by license or

otherwise.

III. CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, EchoStar respectfully requests that the Commission grant

special temporary authority to operate its transmit/receive earth stations with the EchoStar 14

satellite at 118.9 º W.L. While EchoStar 14 is operating at 118.9 W.L., EchoStar will operate

its earth stations according to the following conditions:

1. All operations at 118.9 W.L. shall be on a non-harmful interference basis, meaning that
EchoStar shall not cause inference to, and shall not claim protection from, interference
caused to it by any other lawfully operating satellites.

2. In the event that any harmful interference is caused while the satellite is operating at 118.9
W.L., EchoStar shall cease operations immediately upon notification of such interference and
shall inform the Commission, in writing, of such event.

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Respectfully submitted,

EchoStar Corporation

_________/s/_____________________
Pantelis Michalopoulos Linda Kinney
Petra A. Vorwig Vice President, Law and Regulation
L. Lisa Sandoval EchoStar Corporation
Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1110 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 750
1330 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Washington, DC 20005
Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 293-0981
(202) 429-3000
Counsel for EchoStar Corporation

February 19, 2010

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