EchoStar makes bid for more stimulus money - Denver Business Journal:

EchoStar Corp. is a partner in another ambitious satellite broadband project that seeks $483 million in federal stimulus money.

Englewood-based EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS) and Carlsbad, Calif.-based ViaSat Inc. teamed up to apply for government loans and grants they'd use to build and launch a new satellite. It’s one of at least three projects in which EchoStar is involved, seeking a combined $1.1 billion-plus in stimulus money. That may make EchoStar the largest single applicant for broadband stimulus money...