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Organization and Business Activities (Details)
 0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 02, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Organization and Business Activities    
Number of business segments   3us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
DISH Network | Hughes Retail Preferred Tracking Stock    
Principal Business    
Percentage of economic interest held 80.00%sats_RelatedPartyTransactionsPercentageOfEconomicInterestHeld
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= sats_DISHNetworkMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= sats_PreferredTrackingStockMember		  
Hughes Retail Group | DISH Network | Satellite and Tracking Stock Transaction | Hughes Retail Preferred Tracking Stock    
Principal Business    
Percentage of economic interest held 80.00%sats_RelatedPartyTransactionsPercentageOfEconomicInterestHeld
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= sats_DISHNetworkMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= sats_PreferredTrackingStockMember
/ us-gaap_SubsegmentsAxis
= sats_HughesRetailGroupMember
/ us-gaap_TypeOfArrangementAxis
= sats_SatelliteAndTrackingStockTransactionMember		 80.00%sats_RelatedPartyTransactionsPercentageOfEconomicInterestHeld
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= sats_DISHNetworkMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= sats_PreferredTrackingStockMember
/ us-gaap_SubsegmentsAxis
= sats_HughesRetailGroupMember
/ us-gaap_TypeOfArrangementAxis
= sats_SatelliteAndTrackingStockTransactionMember