Property and Equipment (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Property and Equipment

Schedule of property and equipment

	Depreciable	As of
	Life	March 31,			December 31,
	(In Years)	2015			2014
		(In thousands)
Land	—	$	42,885		$	42,826
Buildings and improvements	1-40	376,333			375,920
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	1-12	1,226,213			1,223,807
Customer rental equipment	2-4	527,043			498,180
Satellites - owned	2-15	2,381,120			2,381,120
Satellites acquired under capital leases	10-15	665,518			935,104
Construction in progress	—	757,667			637,189
Total property and equipment		5,976,779			6,094,146
Accumulated depreciation		(2,727,698		)	(2,899,353		)
Property and equipment, net		$	3,249,081		$	3,194,793

Schedule of construction in progress

		As of
		March 31,		December 31,
	Segment	2015		2014
		(In thousands)
Progress amounts for satellite construction, including prepayments under capital leases and launch costs:
EchoStar XIX	Other	$	365,813	$	341,082
EchoStar XXI	Other	135,510		120,764
EchoStar XXIII	Other	83,701		63,072
EchoStar 105/SES-11	ESS	62,124		28,470
EUTELSAT 65 West A	Hughes	30,600		26,049
Other	Other/ESS	4,440		4,440
Uplinking equipment	ETC/Hughes	47,354		34,270
Other	ETC/Hughes/ESS	28,125		19,042
Construction in progress		$	757,667	$	637,189

Schedule of depreciation expense

	For the Three Months
	Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
	(In thousands)
Satellites	$	49,087	$	47,563
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	30,503		29,891
Customer rental equipment	30,187		27,892
Buildings and improvements	3,395		3,530
Total depreciation expense	$	113,172	$	108,876