Earnings per Share (Details 2) - Hughes Retail Group - Satellite and Tracking Stock Transaction	Mar. 02, 2014
DISH Network | Hughes Retail Preferred Tracking Stock
Earnings per Share
Percentage of economic interest held	80.00%
Echostar Corporation
Earnings per Share
Percentage of economic interest held	20.00%
Echostar Corporation | DISH Network | Hughes Retail Preferred Tracking Stock
Earnings per Share
Percentage of economic interest held	51.89%
Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation (HSSC) | DISH Network
Earnings per Share
Percentage of economic interest held	28.11%