"Congratulations to DISH Network, and to Space Systems/Loral for tonight's outstanding success," said Kjell Karlsen, president and general manager of Sea Launch. "We're proud of our role in DISH Network's continued success. We thank you for your continued trust and confidence in our system and our team. I also want to thank the Sea Launch team, the Sea Launch partners, and all the suppliers and contractors around the world who support us."

Built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the EchoStar XI spacecraft is designed for an orbital service life of 15 years, with 20kW of power to support the expansion of DISH Network's capacity and capabilities to customers throughout the United States.

"For the third mission in a row, Sea Launch has successfully launched a satellite for DISH Network, and we are thrilled to add our eleventh high-power satellite to our fleet," said Rohan Zaveri, vice president of Space Programs for DISH Network. "We look forward to beginning testing and ultimately enhancing our already extensive, high quality programming lineup."

About Sea Launch Company

Sea Launch Company, LLC, headquartered in Long Beach, Calif., offers the most direct and cost-effective route to geostationary orbit for commercial communications satellites. With the advantage of a launch site on the Equator, the robust Zenit-3SL rocket can lift a heavier mass or provide longer life on orbit, offering best value plus optimized spacecraft orbital delivery. Sea Launch also offers launch services for medium weight satellites, Land Launch, which initiates missions from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan. For more information, please visit the Sea Launch website at: http://www.sea-launch.com

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Detailed financial data and other information are available in EchoStar's Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008, filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

About EchoStar Corporation

EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq:SATS) operates two primary businesses: equipment sales and digital broadcast operations and fixed satellite services. The equipment sales and digital broadcast operations business includes the Sling Media business, designs, develops and distributes set-top boxes and related products for direct-to-home satellite television service providers and includes a network of seven full-service digital broadcast centers and leased fiber optic capacity with points of presence in approximately 150 cities. The fixed satellite services business provides service on nine owned and leased in-orbit satellites and includes related FCC licenses. Visit www.echostar.com for more information.

EchoStar will host its First Quarter 2008 earnings conference call today at 1 p.m. ET. The dial-in number is (877) 500-5931.

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EchoStar DBS Corporation placed the Notes in a private transaction under Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

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Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements set forth above involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any such statement, including the risks and uncertainties discussed in DISH Network Corporation's Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements included in its recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 10-K and its most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, and DISH Network Corporation expressly disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

About DISH Network Corporation

DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH) serves more than 13.815 million satellite TV customers through its DISH Network, and is a leading U.S. provider of advanced digital television services. DISH Network's services include hundreds of video and audio channels, Interactive TV, HDTV, sports and international programming, together with professional installation and 24-hour customer service.

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EchoStar's ratings reflect Fitch's opinion that the effects of growing competition and a slowing economy will weigh on EchoStar's operating results during 2008 and 2009 likely leading to lower gross additions, sluggish ARPU growth rates, higher subscriber churn rates, and higher subscriber acquisition costs.

Key to EchoStar's continued EBITDA and free cash flow growth is its ability to control subscriber churn. EchoStar reported subscriber churn increased to 1.68% (monthly) for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 reflecting an increase of 22 basis points relative to the same period last year. and 26 basis points sequentially. In addition to increased competition, the higher churn level is also attributable to higher non pay disconnects due to economic factors, decreased customer satisfaction resulting from operational inefficiencies, expiration of promotional discounts and theft. In Fitch's opinion, some of these factors such as higher non pay disconnects and decreased customer satisfaction, appear to be longer term fixes and churn may remain elevated for an extended period of time. Fitch is concerned that EchoStar will have to significantly increase its customer retention spending to regain control over subscriber churn, which will have a negative effect on EchoStar's EBITDA and free cash flow generation.

DISH, through wholly - owned subsidiary Frontier Wireless, LLC won 168 E Block licenses totaling nearly $712 million. While DISH has yet to articulate its wireless strategy, Fitch believes that the capital costs and execution risk associated with adding a wireless product to DISH's overall service offering will elevate the near term business risk attributable to DISH's credit profile. In Fitch's opinion the acquisition of wireless spectrum can position DISH to eventually offer a variety of wireless solutions including mobile video and possibly video on demand. Both of these potential solutions will serve to differentiate DISH's service offering and will strengthen DISH's competitive position among other multichannel video distributors.

The Stable Rating Outlook reflects Fitch's belief that subscriber metrics will improve as the company's high definition (HD) offering matches competitive offerings, as well as the positive EBITDA and free cash flow prospects, expected over the near term, balanced by the very competitive operating environment. Outside of the existing share repurchase authorization; Fitch views the use of cash for shareholder-friendly actions as an erosion of financial flexibility that could result in pressure on the ratings or an outlook revision. Additionally, Fitch has concerns related to the uncertainty surrounding the company's wireless strategy and the potential cash requirements to launch a wireless service.

Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use of such ratings are available on the agency's public site, www.fitchratings.com. Published ratings, criteria and methodologies are available from this site, at all times. Fitch's code of conduct, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, affiliate firewall, compliance and other relevant policies and procedures are also available from the 'Code of Conduct' section of this site. The issuer did not participate in the rating process other than through the medium of its public disclosure.

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