Attachment SESSTA2012061300509.

SESSTA2012061300509.

DECISION submitted by HNS LICENSE SUB, LLC

STA GRANT WITH CONDITIONS

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This document pretains to SES-STA-20120613-00509 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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0613—00509 1B2012001418 E060382 SES—STA—2012 HNS License Sub, LLC 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: June 2012 E060382 Castle Rock CO 30—Day STA Request for IOTOperations 1. Applicant Name: HNS License Sub, LLC Phone Number: 301—428—5506 DBA Name: Fax Number: 301—428—2802 Street: 11717 Exploration Lane E—Mail: Steven.Doiron@hughes.com City: Germantown State: MD Country: USA Zipcode: 20876 =— Attention: Mr. Steven Doiron

Applicant: HNS License Sub, LLC Call Sign: E060382 File No.: SES—STA—20120613—00509 Special Temporary Authority (STA) HNS License Sub, LLC (HNS) is granted, under the following conditions, STA for 30 days, from July 15, 2012 through August 14, 2012 to use its 11 meter Ka—band earth station antenna licensed under file number SES—MFS—20120426—00393, Call Sign EO60382, to provide telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C) functions to support the orbit raising maneuvers and in—orbit testing (IOT) of EchoStar XVII satellite at orbital location 107.1° W.L. 1) HNS is granted authorization to operate this earth station with an increase of the maximum EIRP level per carrier from 56.3 dBW to 90.0 dBW for TT&C emission designator 600KFID in the frequency band 29500.0 — 29515.0 MHz to perform in—orbit testing of EchoStar XVIL. 2) All operations shall be on an unprotected and non—harmful interference basis, HNS License Sub, LLC, Call Sign E060382, shall not cause harmful interference to, and shall not claim protection from, interference caused to it by any other lawfully operating station and it shall cease transmission(s) immediately upon notice of such interference. 3) Any action taken or expense incurred as a result of operations pursuant to this special temporary authority is solely at HNS risk. 4) 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.

2. Contact Name: Stephen D. Baruch Phone Number: 202—416—6782 Company: Lerman Senter PLLC Fax Number: 202—429—4626 Street: 2000 K Street, N.W. E—Mail: sbaruch@lermansenter.com Suite 600 City: Washington State: DC Country: USA Zipcode: 20006 —= Attention: Relationship: Legal Counsel (If your application is related to an application filed with the Commission, enter either the file number or the IB Submission ID of the related application. Please enter only one.) 3. Reference File Number SESMFS2012042600393 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). C Governmental Entity &3 Noncommercial educational licensee (o] Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification CGX — Fixed Satellite Transmit/Receive Earth Station 5. Type Request g4 Use Prior to Grant 4 Change Station Location «& Other 6. Requested Use Prior Date 07/15/2012 7. CityCastle Rock 8. Latitude (dd mm ss.s h) 39 16 35.0 N

9. State CO 10. Longitude (dd mm ss.s h) 104 48 30.0 W 11. Please supply any need attachments. Attachment 1: Attachment 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.) See attachment. July 15, 2012 commencement date requested. 13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is Yes — £ 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 Steven Doiron Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs 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).

FCC NOTICE REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT The public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the required data, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. If you have any comments on this burden estimate, or how we can improve the collection and reduce the burden it causes you, please write to the Federal Communications Commission, AMD—PERM, Paperwork Reduction Project (3060—0678), Washington, DC 20554. We will also accept your comments regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act aspects of this collection via the Internet if you send them to PRA@fce.gov. PLEASE DO NOT SEND COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. Remember — You are not required to respond to a collection of information sponsored by the Federal government, and the government may not conduct or sponsor this collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number or if we fail to provide you with this notice. This collection has been assigned an OMB control numberof 3060—0678. THE FOREGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995, PUBLIC LAW 104—13, OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. SECTION 3507.

HNS License Sub, LLC FCC Form 312 — STA Narrative Exhibit June 2012 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY Call Signs: E060382 and E060383 HNS License Sub, LLC ("Hughes") hereby requests Special Temporary Authority beginning on July 15, 2012, and continuing for 30 days thereafter (to August 14, 2012) to operate its new 9.2 meter transmit/receive Earth Station antennas at Castle Rock, Colorado (Call Sign E0603 82)1 and Fillmore, California (Call Sign EO603 83) at an increased maximum EIRP level per carrier of up to 90.0 dBW for a single emission designator. The temporary increase in power is needed by Hughes, which uses the two earth stations for telemetry, tracking, and command ("TT&C") operations, to support the orbit raising maneuvers and in—orbit testing of the EchoStar XVII ({/k/a Jupiter 1 and Spaceway 4) satellite, Call Sign $2866. EchoStar XVII, a Ka—band fixed—satellite service ("FSS") satellite to be located at 107.1° W.L., is expected to be launched from Kourou, French Guiana during the first week of July 2012. Hughes is requesting Special Temporary Authority to increase the maximum EIRP level per carrier from 56.3 dBW to 90.0 dBW for emission designator 600KFID for TT&C Earth Stations E060382 (Castle Rock, CO) and E060383 (Fillmore, CA) to perform in—orbit testing of EchoStar XVII. Under this request, the maximum EIRP density level per carrier will equal the maximum aggregate output level specified in the earth station licenses for all carriers intermittently and for short periods of time during the proposed STA term. In accordance with industry practice, Hughes has undertaken to coordinate the temporary increase in power with operators of all co—frequency spacecraft within six degrees of longitudinal separation of EchoStar ‘ See File No. SES—MFS—20120426—00393. * See File No. SES—MFS—20120426—00394. 307301

XVII at 107.1° W.L., and will operate in accordance with the coordination arrangements it reaches. Hughes intends not to transmit in excess of the per—carrier power level authorized in its license through the geostationary arc in order to avoid interference with satellites in geostationary orbit. All operations under this STA that are at variance with the underlying licenses for the subject earth stations will be performed on a non—harmful interference basis. No additional changes to the remaining authorized transmitting and receiving frequency bands are requested by this request for Special Temporary Authority. During the orbit raising maneuvers of EchoStar XVII, the satellite‘s communications payload will be turned off and only TT&C functions will be used. Hughes is requesting identical authority for the two TT&C earth stations used for EchoStar XVII to ensure itself the maximum amount of flexibility in testing the Ka—band payload on an abbreviated schedule, and to provide redundancy in terms of number and site diversity should a problem arise with one of the antennas. The requested Special Temporary Authority will serve the public interest by ensuring that Hughes‘ EchoStar XVII satellite can be maneuvered and successfully tested so that the satellite can begin to make productive use of the valuable spectrum and orbital resources as soon as possible. Adding new Ka—band fixed—satellite service capacity for the provision of commercial services to customers in the United States is very much in the public interest. Hughes is submitting this request pursuant to Section 25.120(b)(4) of the Commission‘s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 25.120(b)(4), and is doing so more than three business days in advance of the requested commencement date. 307301

For all of the foregoing reasons, Hughes respectfully requests that the Commission grant this request for Special Temporary Authority to operate the EchoStar XVII TT&C earth stations for in—orbit testing of EchoStar XVII for a period of 30 days, commencing on July 15, 2012. 307301


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