Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets

Schedule of property and equipment

	Depreciable			As of
	Life			March 31,		December 31,
	(In Years)			2023		2022
				(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	2	-	5	$	1,271,946	$	1,318,272
Satellites	4	-	15		1,718,865		1,718,865
Satellites acquired under finance lease agreements		15			344,447		344,447
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	2	-	20		1,217,232		1,215,496
5G Network Deployment equipment (1)	3	-	15		1,559,785		770,153
Software	3	-	6		1,389,092		1,354,656
Buildings and improvements	5	-	40		380,952		380,519
Land		-			17,513		17,513
Construction in progress		-			3,171,221		3,170,623
Total property and equipment					11,071,053		10,290,544
Accumulated depreciation					(4,769,354)		(4,650,425)
Property and equipment, net				$	6,301,699	$	5,640,119

(1) Includes 5G Network Deployment assets acquired under finance lease agreements.

Schedule of depreciation and amortization expense

	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2023		2022
	(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	$	46,716	$	51,273
Satellites		36,082		39,806
Buildings, furniture, fixtures, equipment and other (1)		117,234		48,115
Intangible assets		45,665		37,147
Total depreciation and amortization	$	245,697	$	176,341

(1) This increase primarily resulted from depreciation expense related to software, tower equipment and certain other assets placed into service in connection with our 5G Network Deployment.

Schedule of pay-TV satellite fleet

		Degree	Lease
	Launch	Orbital	Termination
Satellites	Date	Location	Date
Owned:
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	110	N/A
Under Construction:
EchoStar XXV	2026	110	N/A
Leased from Other Third Party:
Anik F3	April 2007	118.7	April 2025
Ciel II	December 2008	129	July 2023
Nimiq 5	September 2009	72.7	September 2024