Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets

Schedule of property and equipment

	Depreciable			As of
	Life			June 30,		December 31,
	(In Years)			2024		2023
				(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	2	-	5	$	1,088,332	$	1,181,193
Satellites	6	-	15		1,718,865		1,718,865
Satellites acquired under finance lease agreements		15			344,447		344,447
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other (1)	2	-	12		797,789		908,924
5G Network Deployment equipment (2)	3	-	15		4,650,124		4,263,327
Software and computer equipment	2	-	6		2,300,003		2,111,305
Buildings and improvements (1)	5	-	40		333,610		381,757
Land (1)		-			12,041		17,513
Construction in progress		-			1,850,336		1,802,000
Total property and equipment					13,095,547		12,729,331
Accumulated depreciation					(5,755,254)		(5,327,384)
Property and equipment, net				$	7,340,293	$	7,401,947

(1) The change primarily relates to the Sale and Transfer of Assets to EchoStar. See Note 1 for further information.

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

Schedule of depreciation and amortization expense

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
	(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	$	34,707	$	44,891	$	71,573	$	91,607
Satellites		32,956		32,955		65,911		69,037
Buildings, furniture, fixtures, equipment and other		16,019		13,064		21,127		24,311
5G Network Deployment equipment		179,473		75,730		346,294		136,881
Software and computer equipment		87,845		54,148		168,514		98,984
Intangible assets and other amortization expense		40,110		45,222		84,765		90,887
Total depreciation and amortization	$	391,110	$	266,010	$	758,184	$	511,707

Summary of asset retirement obligations

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
	(In thousands)
Balance at beginning of period	$	289,059	$	218,795	$	278,287	$	183,135
Liabilities incurred		4,651		22,797		8,959		54,351
Accretion expense		6,765		5,064		13,229		9,170
Revision to estimated cash flows		—		—		—		—
Balance at end of period	$	300,475	$	246,656	$	300,475	$	246,656
Total included in Other long-term liabilities	$	300,475	$	246,656	$	300,475	$	246,656

Schedule of pay-TV satellite fleet

As of June 30, 2024, our Pay-TV segment satellite fleet in service consisted of the following:

		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
Nimiq 5	September 2009	72.7	September 2024