Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets

Schedule of property and equipment

	Depreciable
	Life			As of December 31,
	(In Years)			2022		2021
				(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	2	-	5	$	1,318,272	$	1,530,943
Satellites	4	-	15		1,718,865		1,734,024
Satellites acquired under finance lease agreements		15			344,447		567,870
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	2	-	20		1,215,496		1,197,409
5G Network Deployment equipment	3	-	15		770,153		76,828
Software	3	-	6		1,354,656		1,076,602
Buildings and improvements	5	-	40		380,519		376,952
Land		-			17,513		17,513
Construction in progress		-			3,170,623		1,309,757
Total property and equipment					10,290,544		7,887,898
Accumulated depreciation					(4,650,425)		(4,630,111)
Property and equipment, net				$	5,640,119	$	3,257,787

Schedule of construction in progress

	As of December 31,
	2022		2021
	(In thousands)
Pay-TV	$	36,936	$	39,269
Wireless		3,133,687		1,270,488
Total construction in progress	$	3,170,623	$	1,309,757

Schedule of depreciation and amortization expense

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2022		2021		2020
	(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	$	191,746	$	244,755	$	290,081
Satellites		148,051		189,126		202,724
Buildings, furniture, fixtures, equipment and other (1)		223,735		126,661		128,876
Intangible assets		153,541		164,310		92,871
Total depreciation and amortization	$	717,073	$	724,852	$	714,552

(1) This increase primarily resulted from depreciation expense related to software and certain 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
Leased from EchoStar (1):
EchoStar IX (2)	August 2003	121	December 2022
Leased from Other Third Party:
Anik F3 (3)	April 2007	118.7	April 2025
Ciel II	December 2008	129	July 2023
Nimiq 5	September 2009	72.7	September 2024

(1) See Note 19 for further information on our Related Party Transactions with EchoStar.

(2) As of December 31, 2022, we no longer lease this satellite.

(3) During April 2022, we extended the Anik F3 satellite lease for an additional two years with an option to renew for one additional year to April 2025.

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, 2022				December 31, 2021
	Intangible		Accumulated		Intangible		Accumulated
	Assets		Amortization		Assets		Amortization
	(In thousands)
Technology-based	$	63,545	$	(60,022)	$	63,361	$	(59,462)
Trademarks		135,134		(61,007)		135,131		(50,524)
Contract-based		41,500		(41,500)		41,500		(41,500)
Customer relationships		628,598		(366,357)		582,395		(223,859)
Total	$	868,777	$	(528,886)	$	822,387	$	(375,345)

Schedule of estimated future amortization of identifiable intangible assets

Estimated future amortization of our identifiable intangible assets as of December 31, 2022 is as follows (in thousands):

For the Years Ended December 31,
	(In thousands)
2023	$	180,621
2024		95,641
2025		13,535
2026		11,838
2027		11,355
Thereafter		26,901
Total	$	339,891

Schedule of FCC authorizations

	As of December 31,
	2022		2021
	(In thousands)
Owned:
DBS Licenses	$	677,409	$	677,409
700 MHz Licenses		711,871		711,871
AWS-4 Licenses		1,940,000		1,940,000
H Block Licenses		1,671,506		1,671,506
600 MHz Licenses		6,212,579		6,211,154
MVDDS Licenses		24,000		24,000
28 GHz Licenses		2,883		2,883
24 GHz Licenses		11,772		11,772
37 GHz, 39 GHz & 47 GHz Licenses		202,533		202,533
3550-3650 MHz Licenses		912,939		912,939
3.7-3.98 GHz Licenses		2,688		2,580
3.45-3.55 GHz Licenses		7,327,989		—
Subtotal		19,698,169		12,368,647
Noncontrolling Investments:
Northstar		5,618,930		5,618,930
SNR		4,271,459		4,271,459
Total AWS-3 Licenses		9,890,389		9,890,389
Capitalized Interest (1)		7,344,515		6,373,629
Total	$	36,933,073	$	28,632,665

(1) See Note 2 for further information.