Attachment SESSTA2011091401084.

SESSTA2011091401084.

DECISION submitted by DISH OPERATING L.L.C

STA GRANT WITH CONDITIONS

2011-09-14

This document pretains to SES-STA-20110914-01084 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2011091401084_917072

      E050029      SES—STA—20110914—01084       1B2011004275
      DISH Operating LL.C.


                                                                                                    Approved by OMB
                                                                                                           3060—0678

                                 APPLICATION FOR EARTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY



APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu:
STA to Communicate with Ciel—2
 1. Applicant

           Name:             DISH Operating L.L.C.             Phone Number:        202—293—0981
           DBA Name:                        '                  Fax Number:
           Street:           100 Inverness Terrace East        E—Mail:


           City:             Englewood                         State:               CO
           Country:          USA                               Zipcode:             80112       =
           Attention:        Alison Minea


Conditions of Grant

DISH OPERATING L.L.C.
SES—STA—20110914—01084
Call Sign E050029

The application requesting special temporary authority to permit the earth station with the above—
captioned call sign to communicate with the Ciel—2 satellite outside the +/—0.05° east/west
station—keeping box previously authorized for such communications is granted for the period
commencing September 14 through September 24, 2011, subject to the following
conditions:

    1. All operations shall be on an unprotected and non—harmful interference basis.
        Earth stations operation shall not cause harmful interference to, and shall not
        claim protection from interference caused by, any other lawfully operating station.
        This authorization shall be in accordance with all the other technical
        specifications set forth in the current earth station authorization for this call sign,
        as well as in Federal Communication Commission rules.
        In the event of any harmful interference to other lawfully operating space stations
        or radio communications systems, DISH OPERATING L.L.C. shall inform the
        Commission, in writing, immediately of such an event.
        Any action taken or expense incurred as a result of operations pursuant to this
        special temporary authority is solely at DISH OPERATING L.L.C.‘s own risk.
        This action is issued pursuant to Section 0.261 of the Commission‘s rules on
        delegated authority, 47 C.F.R. § 0.261, and is effective immediately.




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2. Contact


             Name:         Christopher Bjornson                Phone Number:                        202—429—3059
             Company:      Steptoe & Johnson LLP               Fax Number:                          202—429—3902
             Street:        1330 Connecticut Avenue            E—Mail:                              cbjornson@steptoe.com


             City:         Washington                          State:                               DC
             Country:      USA                                 Zipcode:                             20036      —
             Attention:    Christopher Bjornson                Relationship:                        Legal Counsel


(If your application is related to an application filed with the Commission, enter either the file numberor the IB Submission ID of the related
application. Please enter only one.)
 3. Reference File Number or Submission ID
 4a. Is a fee submitted with this application?
@ IfYes, complete and attach FCC Form 159.         If No, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.F.R.Section 1.1114).
(a Governmental Entity       @3 Noncommercial educational licensee
{3 Other(please explain):

4b. Fee Classification    CGX — Fixed Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station

5. Type Request


3 Use Prior to Grant                              C Change Station Location                        @ Other



6. Requested Use Prior Date
      09/14/2011
7. City                                                                   8. Latitude
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9. State                                                                    10. Longitude
                                                                            (dd mm ss.s h)    0   0   0.0
11. Please supply any need attachments.
Attachment 1: 129 Ciel—2 STA                      Attachment 2:                                       Attachment 3:


12. Description.   (If the complete description does not appear in this box, please go to the end of the form to view it in its entirety.)
     STA for DISH Operating L.L.C. and EchoStar Broadcasting Corporation to communicate with
     the Ciel—2 satellite while it is outside its station—keeping limits.




13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is               Yes        C No
subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti—Drug Act
of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because of a conviction for possession or distribution of a controlled substance.
See 47 CFR 1.2002(b) for the meaning of "party to the application" for these purposes.


14. Name of Person Signing                                                  15. Title of Person Signing
   Alison Minea                                                                Corporate Counsel

           WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS MADE ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND / OR IMPRISONMENT
                  (U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION AUTHORIZATION
                      (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 312(a)(1)), AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 503).


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




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In the Matter of                                                         File No. SES—STA—         —

DISH OPERATING L.L.C. AND                                                Call Sign E050029
ECHOSTAR BROADCASTING CORPORATION                                        Call Signs E950288, E970394, E980178

Application for Emergency Special
Temporary Authority to Allow
Communications with the Ciel—2 Satellite
Outside of Its Station—keeping Limits




      APPLICATION FOR EMERGENCY SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY

       Pursuant to Sections 25.120(a) and 25.120(b) of the Commission‘s rules,‘ DISH

Operating L.L.C. ("DISH") and EchoStar Broadcasting Corporation ("EchoStar") hereby request

emergency Special Temporary Authority ("STA") to permit communications with the Ciel—2

satellite licensed by Canada to Ciel Satellite Communications ("Ciel"), an affiliate of SES New

Skies (with Ciel, "SES"), outside of its station—keeping limits for a period of ten days while the

satellite is returned to its Canadian—licensed 128.85° W.L. orbital location (plus or minus 0.05

degrees for station—keeping) in order to correct an excursion that was beyond DISH‘s or

EchoStar‘s control.

       As the Commission is aware, DISH‘s affiliate, DISH Network L.L.C. ("DISH Network"),

provides Direct Broadcast Satellite ("DBS") service to consumers through DISH‘s blanket earth




47 C.F.R. § 25.120(a), (b).


station authorization to communicate with the Ciel—2 satellite." EchoStar, for its part, holds

feeder link earth station authorizations to communicate with Ciel—2."

       During the evening of Tuesday, September 13, 2011, an operational problem at the

Canadian satellite Ciel—2 ground control station, located in Canada, caused the satellite to lose

earth pointing. This, in turn, resulted in the disruption of service to some DISH Network DBS

subscribers. Service has since been restored. But DISH and EchoStar have been informed by

SES that the process of restoring the satellite with the correct orbital attitude parameters caused _

the satellite to drift west. SES is expected to cause the satellite‘s drift to stop at 129.2° W.L. on

September 15, 2011. SES will then cause the satellite to drift back to the nominal station—

keeping box at 128.85° W.L. +/— 0.05°, a drift that it expects to complete by Monday, September

19, 2011. DISH and EchoStar understand that at no time did the satellite veer outside the

128.8°—129.2° W.L. orbital cluster allotted to Canada under the International Telecommunication

Union‘s Region 2 Broadcasting—Satellite Service Plan.

       Nevertheless, although the satellite is not licensed to either of them, DISH and EchoStar

request this STA because their market access and earth station authorizations are conditioned on

Ciel—2 being operated within +/— 0.05° of the 128.85° W.L. orbital location. According to the

authorizations, "Ciel shall not operate the Ciel—2 satellite outside of these station—keeping limits

without further authorization.""* STA to permit continued communications with Ciel—2 is

warranted because there is nothing DISH or EchoStar could have done to prevent this event from


> DISH Operating L.L.C., Call Sign EO50029.
* EchoStar Broadcasting Corporation, Call Sign E950288; EchoStar Broadcasting Corporation,
Call Sign E970394; EchoStar Broadcasting Corporation, Call Sign E980178.
* DISH Operating L.L.C., Call Sign E050029, Condition 491; EchoStar Broadcasting
Corporation, Call Sign E950288, Condition 491; EchoStar Broadcasting Corporation, Call Sign
E970394, Condition 491; EchoStar Broadcasting Corporation, Call Sign E980178, Condition
491.


occurring, and the STA will permit continued service with no further expected disruptions to

DISH Network customers while the orbital maneuvers are being executed to return the satellite

to the 128.85° W.L. nominal orbital location. The STA could not have been requested earlier

than today as the satellite‘s orbital parameters and drift were not reported to DISH and EchoStar

until the morning of Wednesday, September 14, 2011."

        The requested authority will cause no harmful interference to other satellites, because the

maximum excursion of the Ciel—2 satellite to the 129.2° W.L. orbital location and its drift back to

128.85° W.L. will only mean a slightly greater spatial separation from the nearest DBS satellite,

which is located at 119.1° W.L. With respect to collision risk and space debris mitigation, the

closest adjacent satellite to the Ciel—2 satellite is AMC 11 at 131° W.L and Galaxy 13 at 127°

W.L., and therefore the requested authority poses no risk for another spacecraft.

       In conclusion, DISH and EchoStar request that STA be granted for a period of ten days,

until (and including) September 23, 2011, to permit communications with the Ciel—2 satellite

while it drifts back to within its station—keeping limits for its licensed 128.85° W.L. orbital

location.

                                               Respectfully submitted,

                                                         Is/
Pantelis Michalopoulos                           Alison Minea
Christopher Bjornson                             Corporate Counsel
Steptoe & Johnson LLP                            EchoStar Broadcasting Corporation
1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW                      1110 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 750
Washington, D.C. 20036                         — Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 429—3000                   |              (202) 293—0981
Counselfor EchoStar Broadcasting
Corporation and DISH Operating L.L.C.


September 14, 2011


° See 47 C.F.R. § 25.120(a).



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