Property and Equipment (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Property and Equipment.

Schedule of property and equipment

	Depreciable			As of
	Life			September 30,		December 31,
	(In Years)			2019		2018
				(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	2	-	5	$	1,896,000	$	2,016,965
Satellites (1) (2)	2	-	15		1,866,361		843,913
Satellites acquired under finance lease agreements (1) (3)	10	-	15		888,940		499,819
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	2	-	20		1,995,436		1,923,585
Buildings and improvements (1)	5	-	40		347,923		290,650
Land (1)		-			17,809		13,186
Construction in progress		-			249,258		100,560
Total property and equipment					7,261,727		5,688,678
Accumulated depreciation (1)					(4,503,703)		(3,760,498)
Property and equipment, net				$	2,758,024	$	1,928,180

(1) See Note 1 for further information on the Master Transaction Agreement pursuant to which certain assets were transferred to us.

(2) See Note 5 for further information on the transaction with TSI.

(3) The Ciel II satellite was previously classified as a finance lease, however, as a result of an amendment, which was effective during the first quarter 2019, Ciel II is now accounted for as an operating lease.

Schedule of Construction in progress

	As of
	September 30,		December 31,
	2019		2018
	(In thousands)
Software	$	39,040	$	34,533
Wireless		189,910		53,466
Other		20,308		12,561
Total construction in progress	$	249,258	$	100,560

Schedule of depreciation and amortization expense

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
	(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	$	91,090	$	114,606	$	287,109	$	337,004
Satellites		25,321		25,085		62,956		75,257
Buildings, furniture, fixtures, equipment and other		37,770		35,594		106,957		128,698
Total depreciation and amortization	$	154,181	$	175,285	$	457,022	$	540,959

Schedule of pay-TV satellite fleet

		Degree	Lease
	Launch	Orbital	Termination
Satellites	Date	Location	Date
Owned:
EchoStar VII (1)	February 2002	119	N/A
EchoStar X (1)	February 2006	110	N/A
EchoStar XI (1)	July 2008	110	N/A
EchoStar XIV (1)	March 2010	119	N/A
EchoStar XV	July 2010	61.5	N/A
EchoStar XVI (1)	November 2012	61.5	N/A
EchoStar XVIII	June 2016	61.5	N/A
EchoStar XXIII (1)	March 2017	67.9	N/A
Leased from EchoStar (2):
EchoStar IX	August 2003	121	Month to month
Leased from Other Third Party:
Anik F3	April 2007	118.7	April 2022
Ciel II	December 2008	129	January 2020
Nimiq 5 (1)	September 2009	72.7	September 2024
QuetzSat-1 (1)	September 2011	77	November 2021

(1) Pursuant to the Master Transaction Agreement, these satellites and satellite service agreements were transferred to us. See Note 1 for further information.

(2) See Note 13 for further information on our Related Party Transactions with EchoStar.