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  <xsd:element name="April2012AnomalyMember" id="sats_April2012AnomalyMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element name="ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardTotalOptionsAndNonOptionAwardsOutstandingNumber" id="sats_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardTotalOptionsAndNonOptionAwardsOutstandingNumber" type="xbrli:sharesItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" />
  <xsd:element name="FiniteLivedAndOrbitalRightsIntangibleAssetsFutureAmortizationExpenseTotal" id="sats_FiniteLivedAndOrbitalRightsIntangibleAssetsFutureAmortizationExpenseTotal" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="instant" />
  <xsd:element name="ScheduleOfFiniteLivedAndIndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsTable" id="sats_ScheduleOfFiniteLivedAndIndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsTable" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrldt:hypercubeItem" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element name="NumberOfSatellitesPresentInGeostationaryOrbitOfReportingEntity" id="sats_NumberOfSatellitesPresentInGeostationaryOrbitOfReportingEntity" type="xbrli:integerItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="false" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element name="IndefiniteLivedOrbitalRightsMember" id="sats_IndefiniteLivedOrbitalRightsMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
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  <xsd:element name="ElPasoLeaseAgreementMember" id="sats_ElPasoLeaseAgreementMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element name="RelatedPartyTransactionsAgreementMaximumNumberOfThreeYearRenewalOptions" id="sats_RelatedPartyTransactionsAgreementMaximumNumberOfThreeYearRenewalOptions" type="xbrli:integerItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="false" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element name="TotalInterestObligation" id="sats_TotalInterestObligation" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element name="HughesBroadbandDistributionAgreementMember" id="sats_HughesBroadbandDistributionAgreementMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element name="ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice" id="sats_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice" type="num:perShareItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" />
</xsd:schema>
