Marketable Investment Securities, Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, and Other Investment Securities (Details 2) (USD $)	0 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Feb. 20, 2014 Transaction Agreement DISH Investors	Feb. 20, 2014 EchoStar and HSSC Transaction Agreement item	Feb. 20, 2014 EchoStar and HSSC Investor Rights Agreement DISH Investors	Sep. 30, 2014 EchoStar Transaction Agreement	Feb. 20, 2014 EchoStar Transaction Agreement DISH Investors	Feb. 20, 2014 HSSC Transaction Agreement DISH Investors
Other investment securities:
Number of owned satellites transferred and leased back		5
Obligations and interest payments transferred		$ 59,000,000		$ 44,540,000
Cash in exchange for shares of series of preferred tracking stock issued		11,000,000
Preferred tracking stock issued by related party					6,290,499	81.128
Percentage of economic interest in the Hughes Retail Group	80.00%
Historical cost of tracking stock				316,204,000	229,000,000	87,000,000
Capital transaction		356,000,000
Capital transaction recorded in additional paid-in capital		$ 51,000,000		$ 51,466,000
Tracking stock prohibited transfer period			1 year