Property and Equipment (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Property and Equipment

Schedule of property and equipment

	Depreciable	As of
	Life	March 31,			December 31,
	(In Years)	2014			2013
		(In thousands)
Land	—	$	42,573		$	42,850
Buildings and improvements	3-40	379,784			377,208
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	1-12	1,174,244			1,157,325
Customer rental equipment	2-4	407,492			374,688
Satellites - owned	2-15	2,381,120			1,949,040
Satellites acquired under capital leases	10-15	935,104			935,104
Construction in progress	—	282,457			210,051
Total property and equipment		5,602,774			5,046,266
Accumulated depreciation		(2,598,240		)	(2,499,889		)
Property and equipment, net		$	3,004,534		$	2,546,377

Schedule of construction in progress

		As of
		March 31,		December 31,
	Segment	2014		2013
		(In thousands)
Progress amounts for satellite construction, including certain amounts prepaid under satellite service agreements and launch costs:
EchoStar XIX	Other	$	180,912	$	122,070
TerreStar-2	Other	34,708		16,433
Other	Other/ESS	20,815		24,160
Uplinking equipment	ETC/Hughes	20,627		20,793
Other	ETC/Hughes/ESS	25,395		26,595
Construction in progress		$	282,457	$	210,051

Schedule of depreciation expense

	For the Three Months
	Ended March 31,
	2014		2013
	(In thousands)
Satellites	$	47,563	$	46,544
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	29,891		31,965
Customer rental equipment	27,892		23,287
Buildings and improvements	3,530		3,316
Total depreciation expense	$	108,876	$	105,112

Schedule of satellites

			Nominal Degree	Depreciable
		Launch	Orbital Location	Life
Satellites	Segment	Date	(West Longitude)	(In Years)
Owned:
SPACEWAY 3 (5)	Hughes	August 2007	95	12
EchoStar XVII	Hughes	July 2012	107	15
EchoStar I (1)(2)(3)	ESS	December 1995	77	—
EchoStar III (3)	ESS	October 1997	61.5	12
EchoStar VI	ESS	July 2000	96.2	12
EchoStar VII (1)(2)	ESS	February 2002	119	3
EchoStar VIII (1)	ESS	August 2002	77	12
EchoStar XII (1)(6)	ESS	July 2003	61.5	2
EchoStar IX (1)	ESS	August 2003	121	12
EchoStar X (1)(2)	ESS	February 2006	110	7
EchoStar XI (1)(2)	ESS	July 2008	110	9
EchoStar XIV (1)(2)	ESS	March 2010	119	11
EchoStar XVI (1)	ESS	November 2012	61.5	15
Leased from Third Parties (4):
AMC-15	ESS	October 2004	105	10
AMC-16	ESS	December 2004	85	10
Nimiq 5 (1)	ESS	September 2009	72.7	15
QuetzSat-1 (1)	ESS	September 2011	77	10

(1) See Note 16 for further discussion of our transactions with DISH Network.

(2) Depreciable life represents the remaining useful life as of March 1, 2014, the date we received the satellites from DISH Network as part of the Satellite and Tracking Stock Transaction (See Note 2).

(3) Fully depreciated assets.

(4) These satellites are accounted for as capital leases and their launch dates represent dates that the satellites were placed into service.

(5) Depreciable life represents the remaining useful life as of the date of the Hughes Acquisition (as defined below).

(6) Depreciable life represents the remaining useful life as of June 30, 2013, the date EchoStar XII was impaired.