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 Federal  Communications  Commission  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 DA  05-  1331 
 May  12,  2005 
 Pantelis  Michalopoulos  Steptoe  &  Johnson  LLP 
 1330  Connecticut  Avenue,  N.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20036-  1795 


 Re:  Call  Sign  E040448  File  No.  SES-  LIC-  20041201-  01773 
 File  No.  SES-  AFS-  20050225-  00226 
 Dear  Mr.  Michalopoulos: 
 On  December  1,  2004,  EchoStar  Satellite  L.  L.  C.  (“  EchoStar”)  filed  the  above-  captioned  application  for  authority  to  operate  a  Ka-  Band  1  VSAT  network  earth  station  in  Atlanta,  Georgia. 
 On  February  25,  2005,  EchoStar  filed  an  amendment  to  this  application  2  .  For  the  reason  discussed  below,  we  dismiss  the  application,  as  amended,  as  defective,  without  prejudice. 


 Section  25.115(  e)  of  the  Commission’s  rules  provides  that  “[  A]  pplications  to  license  individual  earth  station  operating  in  the  20/  30  GHz  band  shall  be  filed  on  FCC  Form  312,  Main  Form  and 
 Schedule  B,  and  shall  also  include  the  information  describe  in  Section  25.138.”  A  review  of  the  application  has  revealed  that  EchoStar  failed  to  submit  the  radiation  patterns  required  by  Section 
 25.138(  d). 
 Accordingly,  pursuant  to  Section  25.112(  a)(  1)  3  and  Section  0.261  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  EchoStar’s  application,  as  amended,  IS  DISMISSED  as  defective,  without  prejudice  to  refiling  4  . 


 Sincerely, 


 Scott  A.  Kotler  Chief,  Systems  Analysis  Branch 
 Satellite  Division 


 1  18.6  GHz-  18.  8  GHz,  19.  7  GHz-  20.  2  GHz  and  28.  4  GHz-  28.6  GHz,  29.  5  GHz-  30.  0  GHz. 
 2  The  amendment  requests  authority  to  add  AMC-  16  at  85  °  W.  L.  and  at  97  °  W.  L.  as  Points  of 
 Communication. 
 3  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  25.  112(  a)(  1)  and  0.261.  See  also  Echostar  Satellite  LLC,  Order  on  Reconsideration, 
 DA  04-  4056  (released  December  27,  2004). 
 4  If  EchoStar  refiles  an  application  for  a  new  license  identical  to  the  one  dismissed,  with  the  exception 
 of  supplying  the  missing  information,  it  need  not  pay  an  application  fee.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1109(  d). 
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