Property and Equipment (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Property and Equipment

Schedule of property and equipment

	Depreciable	As of
	Life	September 30,			December 31,
	(In Years)	2013			2012
		(In thousands)
Land	—	$	42,849		$	42,312
Buildings and improvements	1-40	375,322			363,338
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	1-12	1,146,020			1,064,071
Customer rental equipment	1-5	338,181			251,708
Satellites - owned (1)	10-15	1,949,040			1,762,264
Satellites acquired under capital leases	10-15	935,104			935,104
Construction in progress	—	153,471			455,186
Total property and equipment		4,939,987			4,873,983
Accumulated depreciation (1)		(2,410,412		)	(2,261,699		)
Property and equipment, net		$	2,529,575		$	2,612,284

(1) Balances previously reported as of December 31, 2012 have been reduced to exclude a fully-depreciated satellite that was retired from commercial service prior to December 31, 2012.

Schedule of construction in process

	As of
	September 30,		December 31,
	2013		2012
	(In thousands)
Progress amounts for satellite construction, including certain amounts prepaid under satellite service agreements and launch costs:
EchoStar XIX	$	65,101	$	9,325
TerreStar-2	10,317		—
EchoStar XVI	—		345,090
Other	28,153		25,710
Uplinking equipment	22,366		37,264
Other	27,534		37,797
Construction in progress	$	153,471	$	455,186

Schedule of depreciation expense

	For the Three Months				For the Nine Months
	Ended September 30,				Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
	(In thousands)
Satellites	$	43,722	$	35,443	$	136,795	$	109,561
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	31,323		28,638		96,094		90,877
Customer rental equipment	24,611		20,123		71,691		58,414
Buildings and improvements	3,343		3,195		10,024		9,595
Total depreciation expense	$	102,999	$	87,399	$	314,604	$	268,447