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Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2022	Aug. 19, 2016	Oct. 02, 2012	Jun. 30, 2021 item	Feb. 28, 2019	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Related Party Transactions
Trade accounts receivable, net								$ 890,333				$ 953,812				$ 890,333	$ 953,812
Trade accounts payable								673,291				924,438				673,291	924,438
Revenue recorded								3,722,013	$ 3,704,516	$ 3,911,577	$ 3,956,982	4,043,373	$ 4,095,451	$ 4,209,963	$ 4,330,620	15,295,088	16,679,407	$ 17,881,106
Cost of sales - equipment and other																2,201,870	1,812,591	1,552,377
Selling, general and administrative expenses																$ 2,521,062	2,545,593	2,214,936
Professional Services Agreement
Related Party Transactions
Automatic Renewal Period																1 year
Hughes Broadband Distribution Agreement
Related Party Transactions
Term of renewal option			1 year
Hughes Broadband Distribution Agreement \| Minimum
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	8,000	9,000
Service revenue
Related Party Transactions
Revenue recorded																14,721,682	16,014,284	16,929,860
Satellite hosting operations and maintenance services [Member]
Related Party Transactions
Cost of sales - equipment and other																5,000	5,000	6,000
EchoStar
Related Party Transactions
Trade accounts receivable, net								4,000				1,000				4,000	1,000
Trade accounts payable								13,000				$ 4,000				13,000	4,000
Equipment sales and other revenue																3,000	2,000	2,000
Cost of services																8,000	12,000	15,000
Selling, general and administrative expenses																$ 12,000	14,000	19,000
EchoStar \| El Paso Lease Agreement
Related Party Transactions
Number of consecutive three year renewal options \| item																4
Term of renewal option																3 years
EchoStar \| Inverness Lease Agreement
Related Party Transactions
Number of renewal options \| item																4
Term of renewal option																3 years
EchoStar \| Cheyenne Lease Agreement
Related Party Transactions
Number of renewal options \| item																12
Term of renewal option																1 year
Renewal notice period																180 days
EchoStar \| Collocation And Antenna Space Agreements
Related Party Transactions
Number of renewal options \| item																4
Term of renewal option																3 years
Notice period for termination of agreement																180 days
EchoStar \| 100 Inverness Lease Agreement
Related Party Transactions
Notice period for termination of agreement						180 days
EchoStar \| Professional Services Agreement
Related Party Transactions
Automatic renewal period	1 year
Notice period for termination of agreement	60 days
Minimum notice period for termination of a specific service	30 days
EchoStar \| Patent Cross-License Agreements
Related Party Transactions
Payments to third party							$ 10,000
EchoStar \| Rovi License Agreement
Related Party Transactions
Agreement term		10 years
Amount paid to related party																$ 0
EchoStar \| Tax Sharing Agreement
Related Party Transactions
Payment made for tax benefit received								13,000								13,000
Related Party Transaction, Remaining Payment Of Tax Benefit To Be Paid								69,000								69,000
Net amount of the allocated tax attributes payable								$ 82,000								$ 82,000
EchoStar \| TT & C Agreement
Related Party Transactions
Number of renewal options \| item				3
Term of renewal option				1 year
EchoStar \| Prior TT&C Agreement
Related Party Transactions
Term of renewal option																1 year
EchoStar \| Service revenue
Related Party Transactions
Revenue recorded																$ 5,000	4,000	4,000
HNS \| Collocation And Antenna Space Agreements
Related Party Transactions
Number of renewal options \| item																4
Term of renewal option																3 years
Agreement term from commencement of service date																5 years
HNS \| Collocation And Antenna Space Agreements \| Maximum
Related Party Transactions
Notice period for termination of agreement																120 days
HNS \| Collocation And Antenna Space Agreements \| Minimum
Related Party Transactions
Notice period for termination of agreement																90 days
HNS \| Hughes Broadband Master Services Agreement
Related Party Transactions
Notice period for termination of agreement						90 days
Broadband equipment purchased from related parties																	$ 0	$ 7,000	$ 7,000
Agreement term						5 years
Automatic Renewal Period						1 year
HNS \| Hughes Equipment and Services Agreement
Related Party Transactions
Term of renewal option					1 year
Minimum required notice period for termination of agreement by related party					180 days
Agreement term					5 years
Minimum required notice period for termination by the reporting entity					365 days
Master Transaction Agreement \| EchoStar \| TT & C Agreement
Related Party Transactions
Notice period for termination of agreement																12 months
Master Transaction Agreement \| EchoStar \| TT & C Agreement \| Minimum
Related Party Transactions
Notice period for termination of agreement																90 days