Exhibit 23
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
EchoStar Corporation:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following registration statements of EchoStar Corporation (the "Company") of our report dated February 21, 2019, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of EchoStar Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows, for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes and financial statement schedule II, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, which report appears in the December 31, 2018 annual report on Form 10-K/A of EchoStar Corporation. Our audit report refers to the Company's adoption of Accounting Standard Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, and Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01, Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, in 2018 and the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting in 2017.
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| Form | | Registration Statement No. | | Description |
| S-8 | | 333-218658 | | Additional shares for Amended and Restated EchoStar Corporation 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
| S-8 | | 333-218657 | | EchoStar Corporation 2017 Stock Incentive Plan |
| | | | | EchoStar Corporation 2017 Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan |
| S-8 | | 333-162339 | | Additional shares for EchoStar Corporation 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
| S-8 | | 333-148416 | | EchoStar Corporation (f/k/a EchoStar Holding Corporation) 2008 Stock Incentive Plan |
| | | | | EchoStar Corporation (f/k/a EchoStar Holding Corporation) 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
| | | | | EchoStar Corporation (f/k/a EchoStar Holding Corporation) 2008 Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan |
| | | | | EchoStar Corporation (f/k/a EchoStar Holding Corporation) 2008 Class B CEO Stock Option Plan |
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| Denver, Colorado | |
| February 21, 2019 | |
