EchoStar Corp. blasts off with Cheyenne expansion

Business Report Wyoming Bureau
CHEYENNE — EchoStar continues to shoot for the stars.
Recovering nicely from a broken engagement, the Colorado-based small-dish satellite television company is midway through expansion of its Cheyenne uplink facility, it paced the industry in signing up new subscribers this summer and it is scheduled to launch its third satellite in October.
So who needs Rupert Murdoch now?
EchoStar Communications Corp.˜s announced merger with Murdoch˜s American Sky Broadcasting ended acrimoniously earlier this year and is wrapped in litigation, and company officials aren˜t commenting about Murdoch, the litigation or other possible partnerships.
But they are pleased to…