Property and Equipment (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of property and equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following:

	Depreciable Life In Years	As of
		March 31, 2018			December 31, 2017
		(In thousands)
Land	—	$	33,743		$	33,713
Buildings and improvements	1 to 40	185,401			185,148
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	1 to 12	748,497			736,533
Customer rental equipment	2 to 4	992,893			929,775
Satellites - owned	2 to 15	3,064,399			3,064,391
Satellites - acquired under capital leases	10 to 15	917,561			916,820
Construction in progress	—	313,596			260,220
Total property and equipment		6,256,090			6,126,600
Accumulated depreciation		(2,795,086		)	(2,661,129		)
Property and equipment, net		$	3,461,004		$	3,465,471

Depreciation expense associated with our property and equipment consisted of the following:

	For the three months ended March 31,
	2018		2017
	(In thousands)
Satellites	$	68,161	$	52,143
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	21,696		17,878
Customer rental equipment	43,448		30,596
Buildings and improvements	1,709		1,750
Total depreciation expense	$	135,014	$	102,367

Schedule of construction in progress

Construction in progress consisted of the following:

	As of
	March 31, 2018		December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Progress amounts for satellite construction, including prepayments under capital leases and launch services costs	$	257,379	$	211,765
Satellite related equipment	34,485		28,358
Other	21,732		20,097
Construction in progress	$	313,596	$	260,220

Construction in progress included the following owned and leased satellites under construction as of March 31, 2018.

Satellites	Segment	Expected Launch Date
Telesat T19V (1)	Hughes	Second quarter of 2018
EchoStar XXIV	Corporate and Other	2021

(1) We entered into an agreement for certain capacity on this satellite once launched, but are not party to the construction contract.