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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Kilaru Kranti

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

100 INVERNESS TERRACE EAST

(Street)

ENGLEWOOD

80112

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/31/2013

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
EchoStar CORP [ SATS ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP, Bus Systems, IT & Ops

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common Shares	97	D
Class A Common stock	797	I	by 401(k)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽¹⁾	06/30/2014	Class A Common Stock	1,800	25.96	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽²⁾	03/31/2015	Class A Common Stock	3,000	24.69	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽³⁾	03/31/2015	Class A Common Stock	15,000	24.69	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁴⁾	03/31/2016	Class A Common Stock	800	25.21	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁵⁾	03/31/2017	Class A Common Stock	2,000	36.66	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁶⁾	03/31/2018	Class A Common Stock	100,000	29.54	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁷⁾	03/31/2019	Class A Common Stock	50,000	14.83	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁸⁾	06/30/2020	Class A Common Stock	50,000	19.08	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	⁽⁹⁾	06/30/2021	Class A Common Stock	20,000	36.43	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy	⁽¹⁰⁾	07/01/2023	Class A Common Stock	50,000	39.05	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The shares underlying the option were 60% vested on the date of grant with the remaining 40% vesting at the rate of 20% per year commencing on 6/30/2008.

2. The shares underlying the option were 40% vested on the date of grant with the remaining 60% vesting at the rate of 20% per year commencing on 3/31/2008.

3. The grant is subject to achievement of certain performance criteria.

4. The shares underlying the option were 20% vested on the date of grant with the remaining 60% vesting at the rate of 20% per year commencing on 3/31/2008.

5. The shares underlying the option vest at the rate of 20% per year, commencing on 3/31/2008.

6. The shares underlying the option vest at the rate of 20% per year, commencing on 3/31/2009.

7. The shares underlying the option vest at the rate of 20% per year, commencing on 3/31/2010.

8. The shares underlying the option vest at the rate of 20% per year, commencing on 6/30/2011.

9. The shares underlying the option vest at the rate of 20% per year, commencing on 6/30/2012.

10. The shares underlying the option vest at the rate of 20% per year, commencing on 7/1/2014.

Remarks:

Exhibit: Power of Attorney

	/s/ Katherine M. Hanna, his Attorney-in-Fact	08/09/2013
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Dean Manson, Cleo Belmonte, Katherine Hanna and Derek Dalmer signing singly, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an

officer and/or director of EchoStar Corporation, including any successor corporation(s) thereto (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of July, 2013.

/s/ Kranti Kilaru

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Kranti Kilaru

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