Attachment Exhibit 1

This document pretains to SES-STA-20171208-01324 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2017120801324_1312706

EXHIBIT 1 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY Pursuant to Section 25.120(b)(4) of the Commission’s rules,1 DISH Operating L.L.C. (“DISH”), EchoStar Broadcasting Holding Corporation, and EchoStar Operating L.L.C. (collectively, the “Applicants”) request 30-day special temporary authority (“STA”) to: (i) move and operate the EchoStar 18 satellite (Call Sign S2931) at 109.9° W.L. to provide emergency backup capacity for the EchoStar 10 satellite (Call Sign S2694); and (ii) operate certain earth stations in Blackhawk, South Dakota (Call Sign E020248), Cheyenne, Wyoming (Call Signs E080120, E980005, E980047 and E980081), Gilbert, Arizona (Call Signs E060003, E070014, E070015, and E010242), and Summerset, South Dakota (Call Sign E150098) for telemetry, tracking, and control (“TT&C”) and feeder link communications during EchoStar 18’s temporary relocation and operations at 109.9° W.L. Specifically, EchoStar 18 and the associated earth stations will operate on the following frequencies for TT&C (during temporary relocation and operations at 109.9° W.L.) and feeder link communications (during temporary operations at 109.9° W.L.): EchoStar 18 Satellite Receive (GHz) TT&C: 17.7935,17.303, 17.790-17.800 GHz & 17.7935 Feeder links: 17.300-17.800 Satellite Transmit (GHz) TT&C: 12.203, 12.204, 12.6965, 12.6975, 12.685- 12.700 & 12.6975 Feeder links: 12.200-12.700 1 See 47 C.F.R. § 25.120(b)(4).

The requested STA operations will allow DISH to minimize any service disruptions resulting from an unexpected power stability issue with EchoStar 10. Launched in February 2006, EchoStar 10 has operated at 110.2° W.L. to provide DISH subscribers with additional and improved programming and services, including local-into-local services and High Definition programming. 2 EchoStar 10 has suffered an unexpected power stability issue. Accordingly, the Applicants have determined that EchoStar 18 should be made available for use at 109.9° W.L. to provide emergency backup capacity while efforts are underway to restore EchoStar 10 to normal operations. EchoStar 18 initially was licensed to operate at 109.9° W.L. as an in-orbit spare for EchoStar 10,3 but currently is licensed as an in-orbit spare at 61.35º W.L.4 Grant of the requested STA will serve the public interest by allowing EchoStar 18, an in- orbit spare, to be put to more productive use and by ensuring continuity of satellite television services for the benefit of U.S. consumers. The requested STA grant also is consistent with the Commission’s prior authorization of EchoStar 18 as an in-orbit spare at 109.9° W.L. 2 See DISH, Application for Modification, IBFS File No. SAT-MOD-20160311-00027, Exh. 1 (Narrative) at 1 (granted May 18, 2016). 3 See DISH, Application for Operating Authority, IBFS File No. SAT-LOA-20141002-00105 (granted Mar. 12, 2015). 4 See DISH, Application for Modification, IBFS File No. SAT-MOD-20160722-00067 (granted Sept. 8, 2016). -2-


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