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Registration of Securities to be Offered to Employees Pursuant to an Employee Benefit Plan   —   Form S-8
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-8         Registration of Securities to be Offered to            5     19K 
                          Employees Pursuant to an Employee                      
                          Benefit Plan                                           
 2: EX-5.1      Opinion re: Legality                                   1      8K 
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                          1      6K 
 4: EX-24       Power of Attorney                                      1      7K 

S-8   —   Registration of Securities to be Offered to Employees Pursuant to an Employee Benefit Plan

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As filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission  
on March 30, 1998   

                                                      Registration No. 333-_____
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UNITED STATES   
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION  
Washington, D.C.  20549   

FORM S-8  

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 

ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)  

      NEVADA                                       88-03369997
(State or other jurisdiction                         (I.R.S. Employer 
of incorporation or organization)                     Identification No.) 

5701 SOUTH SANTA FE DRIVE   
LITTLETON, COLORADO 80120   
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)   

ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION   
401(k) EMPLOYEES' SAVINGS PLAN  
(Full Title of Plan)  

DAVID K. MOSKOWITZ  
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY  
ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION   
5701 SOUTH SANTA FE DRIVE   
LITTLETON, COLORADO 80120   
(Name and address of agent for service)   

(303) 723-1601  
(telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)   

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE   

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                                                   Proposed       Proposed                 
                                                   maximum        maximum                  
                                   Amount          offering       aggregate      Amount of 
Title of                           to be             price        offering     registration
securities to be registered      registered        per share        price          fee     
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Class A Common Stock,         80,000 shares(1)(2)  $22.25(3)    $1,780,000.00    $525.10   
par value $0.01 per share                                                                  
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(1)  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
    Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
    be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.

(2)  This amount represents an 80,000 share increase in the number shares of the
    Company's Class A Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Company's
401(k) Employees' Savings Plan.                                       

(3)  Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, the maximum   
   offering price, per share and in aggregate, and the registration fee were
calculated based upon the average of the high and low prices of the   
  Company's Class A Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market
System on March 30, 1998.                                             

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INTRODUCTION

     This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by EchoStar Communications
Corporation, a Nevada Corporation formed in April, 1995 (the "Company"), with   
respect to an additional 80,000 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock,   
par value of $0.01 per share, issuable under the Company's 401(k) Employees'    
Savings Plan, and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E
to Form S-8.                                                                    

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PART II 

      INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

   In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Company with the      
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on December 19, 1995,     
Registration No. 33-80527; Amendment No. 7 to the Company's Registration        
Statement on Form S-4 filed by the Company with the Commission on December 20,  
1996, Registration No. 333-03584; and the Company's Registration Statement on   
Form S-8 filed by the Company with the Commission on March 7, 1997, Registration
No. 333-22971, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.     

     Pursuant to General Instruction E, only the following opinions and consents
required under Item 8 are furnished:                                            

Exhibit No.    Exhibit Description                          
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  5.1            Opinion and Consent of David K. Moskowitz, Esq.

23.1           Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.              

        23.2           Consent of David K. Moskowitz, Esq.  See Exhibit 5.1.

24             Power of Attorney.                           

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SIGNATURES

THE REGISTRANT.                                                                 

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the    
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration       
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly         
authorized, in the City of Littleton, State of Colorado, on March 30, 1998.     

                         ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

                By: /s/ DAVID K. MOSKOWITZ
                                     -----------------------------------------
                David K. Moskowitz
                                    Senior Vice President, General Counsel
           and Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this      
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the          
capacities and on the date indicated.                                           

Signature                    Title                              Date  
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/S/ CHARLES W. ERGEN      Chairman of the Board,                 March 30, 1998 
-----------------------   President and                                         
Charles W. Ergen          Chief Executive Officer                               
 (Principal Executive Officer)

/S/ STEVEN B. SCHAVER     Chief Financial Officer and            March 30, 1998 
-----------------------   Chief Operating Officer                               
Steven B. Schaver         (Principal Financial Officer)                         

/S/ JOHN R. HAGER         Treasurer and Controller               March 30, 1998 
-----------------------   (Principal Accounting Officer)                        
John R. Hager                                                                   

/s/ DAVID K. MOSKOWITZ    Director                               March 30, 1998 
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David K. Moskowitz                                                              

*                         Director                               March 30, 1998 
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James DeFranco                                                                  

*                         Director                               March 30, 1998 
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O. Nolan Daines                                                                 

*                         Director                               March 30, 1998 
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Raymond L. Friedlob                                                             

*  By: /s/ DAVID K. MOSKOWITZ                                                   
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David K. Moskowitz                                                  
Attorney-in-Fact                                                    

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SIGNATURES  

THE PLAN.                                                                       

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Trustees of the Company's 401(k) Employees' Savings Plan have duly caused this  
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto 
duly authorized, in the City of Littleton, State of Colorado, on March 30, 1998.

                             ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION'S
                      401(k) EMPLOYEES' SAVINGS PLAN

               By: /s/ CHARLES W.ERGEN
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                    Charles W. Ergen
           Trustee

               By: /s/ M. CANTEY ERGEN
                                      ----------------------------------------
                   M. Cantey Ergen
           Trustee

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Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

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This ‘S-8’ Filing		Date		First		Last			Other Filings
Filed on / Effective on:		3/30/98		1		5
		3/7/97		3					S-8
		12/20/96		3
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