Related party transaction aggregate payments to third party by related parties under extension option, less than.

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Related party transaction expenses from transactions with related party, less than.

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Other costs incurred during the reporting period related to other revenue generating activities.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.2)
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Related Party Transactions - Narrative Part 4 (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cost of sales - equipment and other		$ 30,814	$ 40,341
EchoStar \| Patent Cross-License Agreements \| Dish Network \| Maximum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments to third party by related party	$ 10,000
Payments to third party by related party under extension option	$ 3,000