Property and Equipment (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of property and equipment

	Depreciable			As of
	Life			March 31,		December 31,
	(In Years)			2021		2020
				(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	2	-	5	$	1,688,075	$	1,736,660
Satellites	2	-	15		1,734,024		1,734,024
Satellites acquired under finance lease agreements	10	-	15		888,940		888,940
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	2	-	20		2,144,806		2,091,271
Buildings and improvements	5	-	40		371,495		370,941
Land		-			17,810		17,810
Construction in progress		-			181,889		126,303
Total property and equipment					7,027,039		6,965,949
Accumulated depreciation					(4,846,766)		(4,783,616)
Property and equipment, net				$	2,180,273	$	2,182,333

Schedule of Construction in progress

	As of
	March 31,		December 31,
	2021		2020
	(In thousands)
Pay-TV	$	44,782	$	53,486
Wireless		137,107		72,817
Total construction in progress	$	181,889	$	126,303

Schedule of depreciation and amortization expense

	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2021		2020
	(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	$	64,262	$	79,714
Satellites		50,193		52,144
Buildings, furniture, fixtures, equipment and other		31,166		33,943
Intangible assets (1)		44,764		1,019
Total depreciation and amortization	$	190,385	$	166,820

Schedule of pay-TV satellite fleet

As of March 31, 2021, our pay-TV satellite fleet consisted of the following:

		Degree	Lease
	Launch	Orbital	Termination
Satellites	Date	Location	Date
Owned:
EchoStar VII	February 2002	119	N/A
EchoStar X	February 2006	110	N/A
EchoStar XI	July 2008	110	N/A
EchoStar XIV	March 2010	119	N/A
EchoStar XV	July 2010	61.5	N/A
EchoStar XVI	November 2012	61.5	N/A
EchoStar XVIII	June 2016	61.5	N/A
EchoStar XXIII	March 2017	67.9	N/A
Leased from EchoStar (1):
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 2022
Nimiq 5	September 2009	72.7	September 2024
QuetzSat-1	September 2011	77	November 2021

(1) See Note 14 for further information on our Related Party Transactions with EchoStar.