Attachment Exhibit 1

This document pretains to SES-STA-20190607-00738 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2019060700738_1721674

EXHIBIT 1 DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED STA OPERATIONS Pursuant to Section 25.120(b)(4) of the Commission’s rules,1 EchoStar Operating L.L.C. (together with its affiliates, “EchoStar”) requests special temporary authority (“STA”) for 30 days, commencing on or approximately June 17, 2019, to operate five earth stations in Summerset, SD; Blackhawk, SD; Cheyenne, WY; Quicksburg, VA; and, Gilbert, AZ (Call Signs E150098, E020248, E980005, E170094, and E070014) for telemetry, tracking, and command (“TT&C”) communications to support the EchoStar 23 satellite’s brief interim operations at 67.9º W.L. prior to its planned relocation and operations at the 72.6° W.L. orbital location. Launched in March 2017, EchoStar 23 is a Brazilian-licensed Ku-band Broadcasting-Satellite Service (“BSS”) satellite initially authorized to operate at 44.9º W.L. Despite initial plans to operate EchoStar 23 to provide direct-to-home (“DTH”) television service to Brazil, EchoStar has determined that the satellite will be better utilized at the 72.6º W.L. orbital location, in conjunction with the Canadian-licensed Nimiq 5 satellite at 72.7º W.L., to support ongoing DTH service for DISH Network, L.L.C.’s (together with its affiliates, “DISH”) satellite television network. Accordingly, EchoStar plans to commence moving EchoStar 23 on June 17, 2019 from 44.9º W.L. to 72.6° W.L.2 for service to DISH subscribers in the United States and Canada.3 1 See 47 C.F.R. § 25.120(b)(4). 2 On April 18, 2019, the Commission granted 60-day STAs to operate five earth stations (Call Signs E150098, E170094, E070014, E980005, and E020248) for TT&C communications with the EchoStar 23 satellite during its drift from 44.9° W.L. to 72.6° W.L. See Satellite Communications Services Information re: Actions Taken, Public Notice, FCC Report No. SES-02156, at 29-30 (Apr. 24, 2019). EchoStar also has pending modification applications to operate the same five earth stations for TT&C and feeder link communications with EchoStar 23 during its relocation and operations at 72.6° W.L. See EchoStar, Applications for Modification, IBFS File Nos. SES-MFS-20190308-00275 & SES-MFS- 20190214-00088 et seq. (Mar. 8 & Feb. 14, 2019).

Prior to completing the relocation of EchoStar 23 to 72.6° W.L., EchoStar seeks to operate the satellite at the 67.9º W.L. orbital location for a brief interim period until EchoStar obtains authorization from the Canadian Administration to operate at the 72.6° W.L. orbital location.4 Accordingly, the requested STA will allow EchoStar to operate EchoStar 23 at 67.9° W.L. for a brief interim period until Canadian authorization may be secured for operations at 72.6° W.L. EchoStar has no plans to bring into use any International Telecommunication Union filings at or near the 67.9° W. L. orbital location. For TT&C communications with EchoStar 23 at 67.9° W.L., the subject earth stations will operate on the following frequencies, consistent with the frequency bands and other technical parameters specified under their existing licenses:  17.300 – 17.310 GHz and 17.791 GHz for TT&C uplinks; and  12.200 – 12.210 GHz for TT&C downlinks. These earth stations have been frequency coordinated over a geostationary satellite arc that includes the 67.9º W.L. orbital location. Thus, the proposed STA operations will not cause harmful interference to other authorized operations.5 Nonetheless, in the unlikely event of harmful interference, EchoStar is prepared to take appropriate measures to eliminate such interference, including immediately discontinuing the interfering operations upon receiving notice of such interference. 3 A modification application for blanket licensing authority to operate receive-only U.S. earth stations for reception of service from the EchoStar 23 satellite at 72.6º W.L. is currently pending. See DISH, Application for Modification, IBFS File No. SES-MFS-20190507-00566 (May 7, 2019). 4 EchoStar is aware that SES-10 operates at the 66.9° W.L. orbital location and is working with SES to ensure that its TT&C operations do not interfere with SES-10. 5 Additionally, the proposed STA operations are substantially consistent with Section 25.118(a)(3) of the Commission’s rules, allowing earth station operators to change a satellite point of communication without prior authorization under certain circumstances when an earth station antenna is not repointed beyond the coordinated range. See 47 C.F.R. § 25.118(a)(3). -2-

Grant of the requested STA will serve the public interest by allowing EchoStar the flexibility to manage its satellite fleet efficiently, provide for more productive use of its satellites, and further ensure full use of spectrum and uninterrupted service from the 72.6º W.L. orbital location. Indeed, the Commission has a longstanding policy of leaving fleet management decisions to satellite operators because doing so generally serves the public interest.6 6 See SES Americom, Inc., Order and Authorization, 21 FCC Rcd 3430, 3433 ¶ 8 (2006) (FCC “generally has allowed satellite operators to rearrange satellites in their fleet to reflect business and customer considerations where no public interest factors are adversely affected”); AMSC Subsidiary Corporation, Order and Authorization, 13 FCC Rcd 12316, 12318 ¶ 8 (IB 1998) (finding that that a satellite licensee “is in a better position to determine how to tailor its system to meet the particular needs of its customers”). -3-


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