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Related Party Transactions (Details)	Aug. 19, 2016	Oct. 02, 2012	Feb. 28, 2019	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) item $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2009 item	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares
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Common stock par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares						$ 86.08
Trade accounts receivable, net						$ 1,087,134,000				$ 1,104,202,000
Trade accounts payable						488,770,000				$ 395,397,000
Cost of sales - equipment and other						$ 423,541,000	$ 41,710,000
Class A common stock
Related Party Transactions
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Related Party Transactions
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Professional Services Agreement
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Automatic Renewal Period						1 year
Hughes Broadband Distribution Agreement
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Term of renewal option		1 year
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Related Party Transactions
Notice period for termination of agreement		180 days
Hughes Broadband Master Services Agreement
Related Party Transactions
Payments to third party by related party under extension option						$ 2,000,000	4,000,000
EchoStar
Related Party Transactions
Trade accounts receivable, net						1,000,000				$ 1,000,000
Trade accounts payable						8,000,000				$ 6,000,000
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General and Administrative Expense						$ 3,000,000	4,000,000
EchoStar \| El Paso Lease Agreement
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EchoStar \| Cheyenne Lease Agreement
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EchoStar \| Collocation And Antenna Space Agreements
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EchoStar \| Nimiq 5 Agreement
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Additional term of renewal option								1 year
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Notice period for termination of agreement				180 days
EchoStar \| Professional Services Agreement
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Automatic renewal period									1 year
Notice period for termination of agreement									60 days
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Agreement term	10 years
Amount paid to related party						$ 0
EchoStar \| Tax Sharing Agreement
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Net amount of the allocated tax attributes payable						$ 80,000,000
EchoStar \| Prior TT&C Agreement
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Term of renewal option						3 years
Notice period for termination of agreement						90 days
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Notice period for termination of agreement				90 days
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HNS \| Hughes Broadband Master Services Agreement
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Agreement term			5 years
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Related Party Transactions
Notice period for termination of agreement						90 days