Property and Equipment (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

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



	For the three months ended June 30,				For the six months ended June 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
	(In thousands)
Satellites	$	71,042	$	60,072	$	139,203	$	112,215
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	19,517		16,784		41,213		34,662
Customer rental equipment	42,875		34,081		86,323		64,677
Buildings and improvements	4,376		5,901		6,085		7,651
Total depreciation expense	$	137,810	$	116,838	$	272,824	$	219,205

Property and equipment consisted of the following:



	Depreciable Life In Years	As of
	Depreciable Life In Years	June 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
		(In thousands)
Land	—	$	33,641		$	33,713
Buildings and improvements	1 to 40	184,932			185,148
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	1 to 12	758,588			736,533
Customer rental equipment	2 to 4	1,032,591			929,775
Satellites - owned	2 to 15	2,816,628			3,064,391
Satellites - acquired under capital leases	10 to 15	899,310			916,820
Construction in progress	—	349,023			260,220
Total property and equipment		6,074,713			6,126,600
Accumulated depreciation		(2,678,097		)	(2,661,129		)
Property and equipment, net		$	3,396,616		$	3,465,471

Construction in progress consisted of the following:



	As of
	June 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Progress amounts for satellite construction, including prepayments under capital leases and launch services costs	$	288,212	$	211,765
Satellite related equipment	25,738		28,358
Other	35,073		20,097
Construction in progress	$	349,023	$	260,220

Construction in progress included the following owned and leased satellites under construction as of June 30, 2018.