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HISTORY EchoStar was formed in 1980 by its Chairman and CEO Charlie Ergen as a distributor of C-band TV systems. In 1987 , EchoStar applied for a Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) license with the Federal Communications Commission and was granted access to orbital slot 119° west Longitude in 1992 . On December 28 , 1995 , EchoStar successfully launched its first satellite, EchoStar I. That same year, EchoStar established the Dish Network brand name to Market its home satellite TV system. In January 2005 , EchoStar bought a satellite from the troubled HDTV DBS company Voom . On April 29 , EchoStar announced that it would expand its HDTV programming by adding the first 10 of 21 original Voom channels {Link without Title} . SATELLITE FLEET
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