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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* Telluray Holdings, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 1623 CENTRAL AVENUE SUITE 214 (Street) CHEYENNE WY 82001 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/19/2018	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EchoStar CORP [ SATS ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	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)

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)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Class B Common Stock	(1)	(1)	Class A Common Stock	12,808,205	(1)(2)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. On July 19, 2018, Mr. Charles W. Ergen, for estate planning purposes, contributed 8,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock to Telluray Holdings, LLC ("Telluray") in exchange for membership units in Telluray. Also on July 19, 2018, certain trusts established by Mr. Ergen for the benefit of his family contributed 4,808,205 shares of Class B Common Stock to Telluray in exchange for membership units in Telluray. Mr. Ergen and his spouse, Cantey M. Ergen, are the managers of Telluray. Mrs. Ergen has sole voting power over the shares of Class B Common Stock held by Telluray and Mr. Ergen and Mrs. Ergen share dispositive power over the shares of Class B Common Stock held by Telluray.

2. 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.

Remarks:

	/s/ Cantey M. Ergen, Manager of Telluray Holdings, LLC, by Joseph Turitz, her Attorney-in-Fact	07/23/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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