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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * ERGEN CHARLES W   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EchoStar CORP [SATS] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman and CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) 90 INVERNESS CIRCLE EAST 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/10/2008 (Street) ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112 4. If Amendment, Date 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 (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class A Common Stock               89,730 D   Class A Common Stock               47 I I (1) Class A Common Stock               5,435 I I (2) Class A Common Stock               3,704 I I (3) Class A Common Stock               201 I I (4)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Class B Common Stock

(5)

11/10/2008

G(6)

V

3,375,812

(5)

(5)

Class A Common Stock

3,375,812

(5)

1,850,367

I

I (6)

Class B Common Stock

(5)

11/10/2008

G(6)

V

3,375,812

(5)

(5)

Class A Common Stock

3,375,812

(5)

44,987,642

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ERGEN CHARLES W 90 INVERNESS CIRCLE EAST ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112	X	X	Chairman and CEO

Signatures

/s/ Charles W. Ergen, by Brandon Ehrhart, his Attorney in Fact		11/12/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Held by Ms. Cantey Ergen.
(2)	The shares are held by a custodian for the reporting person's minor children. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(3)	Held by Mr. Charlie Ergen in a 401(k) account.
(4)	Held by Ms. Cantey Ergen in a 401(k) account.
(5)	The holder of the shares of Class B stock may elect to convert any or all of their Class B shares into an equal number of Class A shares at any time for no additional consideration.
(6)	The shares were received in connection with the spin-off of DISH Network Corporation's ("DISH") technology and certain infrastructure assets effective on January 1, 2008 (the "Spin-Off"). Pursuant to the terms of the Ergen Three-Year GRAT, on November 10, 2008 all 1,474,255 shares held by the Ergen Three-Year GRAT were distributed as an annuity to Mr. Ergen, and following the distribution, the Ergen Three-Year GRAT expired in accordance with its terms. Pursuant to the terms of the Ergen-Four Year GRAT, 1,090,733 shares were distributed as an annuity to Mr. Ergen on November 10, 2008, with the Ergen Four-Year GRAT retaining 693,371 shares. The Ergen Four-Year GRAT expires on November 9, 2009. Pursuant to the terms of the Ergen Five-Year GRAT, 810,824 shares were distributed as an annuity to Mr. Ergen on November 10, 2008, with the Ergen Five-Year GRAT retaining 1,156,996 shares. The Ergen Five-Year GRAT expires on November 9, 2010.

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