Property and Equipment (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of property and equipment

The following tables presents the components of Property and equipment, net:

	As of
	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Property and equipment, net:
Satellites, net	$	1,648,744	$	1,749,576
Other property and equipment, net	750,967		779,162
Total property and equipment, net	$	2,399,711	$	2,528,738

The following table presents our operating satellite fleet as of June 30, 2020 which consists of both owned and leased satellites:

Satellite	Segment	Launch Date	Nominal Degree Orbital Location (Longitude)	Depreciable Life (In Years)
Owned:
SPACEWAY 3 (1)	Hughes	August 2007	95 W	10
EchoStar XVII	Hughes	July 2012	107 W	15
EchoStar XIX	Hughes	December 2016	97.1 W	15
Al Yah 3 (2)	Hughes	January 2018	20 W	7
EchoStar IX (3)	ESS	August 2003	121 W	12
EUTELSAT 10A (4)	Corporate and Other	April 2009	10 E	-
EchoStar XXI	Corporate and Other	June 2017	10.25 E	15
Finance leases:
Eutelsat 65 West A	Hughes	March 2016	65 W	15
Telesat T19V	Hughes	July 2018	63 W	15
EchoStar 105/SES-11	ESS	October 2017	105 W	15

⁽¹⁾ Depreciable life represents the remaining useful life as of June 8, 2011, the date EchoStar completed its acquisition of Hughes Communications, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Hughes Acquisition”).

⁽²⁾ Upon consummation of our joint venture with Yahsat in Brazil in November 2019, we acquired the Brazilian Ka-band payload on this satellite. Depreciable life represents the remaining useful life as of November 2019.

⁽³⁾ We own the Ka-band and Ku-band payloads on this satellite.

⁽⁴⁾ We acquired the S-band payload on this satellite in December 2013. Prior to acquisition, the S-band payload experienced an anomaly at the time of launch and, as a result, is not fully operational.

The following table presents the components of our satellites, net:

	Depreciable Life (In Years)	As of
		June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Satellites, net:
Satellites - owned	7 to 15	$	1,801,847	$	1,816,303
Satellites - acquired under finance leases	15	347,146		381,163
Construction in progress	—	384,298		365,133
Total satellites		2,533,291		2,562,599
Accumulated depreciation:
Satellites - owned		(823,487)		(756,635)
Satellites - acquired under finance leases		(61,060)		(56,388)
Total accumulated depreciation		(884,547)		(813,023)
Total satellites, net		$	1,648,744	$	1,749,576

The following table presents the depreciation expense and capitalized interest associated with our satellites, net:

	For the three months ended June 30,				For the six months ended June 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Depreciation expense:
Satellites - owned	$	32,073	$	32,015	$	64,147	$	64,029
Satellites acquired under finance leases	7,205		6,402		13,218		12,892
Total depreciation expense	$	39,278	$	38,417	$	77,365	$	76,921
Capitalized interest	$	6,897	$	5,456	$	13,578	$	10,356