Property and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of property and equipment

	Depreciable
	Life			As of December 31,
	(In Years)			2021		2020
				(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	2	-	5	$	1,530,943	$	1,736,660
Satellites	4	-	15		1,734,024		1,734,024
Satellites acquired under finance lease agreements	Less than 1	-	15		567,870		888,940
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	2	-	20		2,350,839		2,091,271
Buildings and improvements	5	-	40		376,952		370,941
Land		-			17,513		17,810
Construction in progress		-			1,309,757		126,303
Total property and equipment					7,887,898		6,965,949
Accumulated depreciation					(4,630,111)		(4,783,616)
Property and equipment, net				$	3,257,787	$	2,182,333

Schedule of Construction in progress

	As of December 31,
	2021		2020
	(In thousands)
Pay-TV	$	39,269	$	53,486
Wireless		1,270,488		72,817
Total construction in progress	$	1,309,757	$	126,303

Schedule of depreciation and amortization expense

Depreciation and amortization expense consisted of the following:

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019
	(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	$	244,755	$	290,081	$	371,292
Satellites (1)		189,126		202,724		115,100
Buildings, furniture, fixtures, equipment and other		126,661		128,876		136,783
Intangible assets (2)		164,310		92,871		7,402
Total depreciation and amortization	$	724,852	$	714,552	$	630,577

(1) The increase in 2020 resulted from the Master Transaction Agreement pursuant to which, on September 10, 2019, certain satellites were transferred to us. See Note 20 for further information.

(2) The increase in 2021 and 2020 resulted from the Republic Wireless Acquisition in 2021 and the Boost Mobile Acquisition and the Ting Mobile Acquisition in 2020. See Note 6 for further information.

Schedule of pay-TV satellite fleet

		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	July 2023
Nimiq 5	September 2009	72.7	September 2024

(1) See Note 20 for further information on our Related Party Transactions with EchoStar.

Schedule of AWS-4 Satellites

		Degree	Estimated
	Launch	Orbital	Useful Life
Satellites	Date	Location	(Years)
Owned:
T1	July 2009	111.1	14.25
D1	April 2008	92.85	N/A

Schedule of identifiable intangibles subject to amortization

	As of December 31,
	2021				2020
	Intangible		Accumulated		Intangible		Accumulated
	Assets		Amortization		Assets		Amortization
	(In thousands)
Technology-based	$	63,361	$	(59,462)	$	63,078	$	(58,453)
Trademarks (1)		135,131		(50,524)		133,428		(40,283)
Contract-based		41,500		(41,500)		41,500		(23,000)
Customer relationships (1)		582,395		(223,859)		515,576		(89,301)
Total	$	822,387	$	(375,345)	$	753,582	$	(211,037)

(1) The increase in intangible assets resulted from the Republic Wireless Acquisition in 2021. See Note 6 for further information.

Schedule of estimated future amortization of identifiable intangible assets

Estimated future amortization of our identifiable intangible assets as of December 31, 2021 is as follows (in thousands):

For the Years Ended December 31,
	(In thousands)
2022	$	140,865
2023		137,072
2024		78,179
2025		19,862
2026		18,166
Thereafter		52,898
Total	$	447,042