Attachment Narrative

This document pretains to SES-STA-20160202-00110 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2016020200110_1124803

EXHIBIT 1 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY Pursuant to Section 25.120(b)(3) of the Commission’s rules,1 DISH Operating L.L.C. and EchoStar Broadcasting Corporation (together with their affiliates, “DISH”) request special temporary authority (“STA”) for 60 days to (i) conduct in-orbit testing (“IOT”) of the EchoStar 18 satellite (Call Sign S2931) at the 137.75º W.L. orbital location using the satellite’s assigned DBS frequencies; and (ii) operate an earth station in Gilbert, Arizona (Call Sign E070014) for in- orbit testing and telemetry, tracking, and command operations while the satellite is at 137.75º W.L. DISH further requests that the STA commence upon EchoStar 18’s arrival at 137.75º W.L. in order to accommodate the timing uncertainties ordinarily associated with launching and positioning a satellite in a specific orbit. DISH seeks to conduct IOT prior to moving the satellite to its assigned nominal orbital location at 110° W.L.2 Specifically, DISH anticipates the following schedule: (1) EchoStar 18 is scheduled for launch in May 2016. (2) After launch and orbit-raising maneuvers, EchoStar 18 will be located at 137.75º W.L., and IOT will commence for approximately 60 days. (3) After completion of IOT, EchoStar 18 will be moved to its assigned nominal orbital location at 110° W.L. The requested testing will not cause harmful interference to other authorized co- frequency DBS operations because the nearest satellite is 8.75° away, 3 which provides adequate isolation and protection to their services. In the unlikely event of harmful interference, DISH is 1 See 47 C.F.R. § 25.120(b)(3). 2 See DISH, Stamp Grant, IBFS File No. SAT-LOA-20141002-00105 (Mar. 12, 2015). 3 Ciel-2, located at 129° W.L., is a Canadian-licensed satellite leased by DISH.

prepared to take appropriate measures to eliminate the interference, including immediately terminating IOT upon receiving notice of such interference. Grant of the requested STA will serve the public interest by allowing DISH to conduct IOT operations required to ensure that the EchoStar 18 satellite is fully operational and capable of providing service to millions of DISH subscribers from its assigned orbital location. -2-


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