Property and Equipment (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 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
	September 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Property and equipment, net:
Satellites, net	$	1,613,465	$	1,749,576
Other property and equipment, net	759,129		779,162
Total property and equipment, net	$	2,372,594	$	2,528,738

The following table presents our operating satellite fleet as of September 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
		September 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Satellites, net:
Satellites - owned	7 to 15	$	1,800,735	$	1,816,303
Satellites - acquired under finance leases	15	344,376		381,163
Construction in progress	—	391,288		365,133
Total satellites		2,536,399		2,562,599
Accumulated depreciation:
Satellites - owned		(856,787)		(756,635)
Satellites - acquired under finance leases		(66,147)		(56,388)
Total accumulated depreciation		(922,934)		(813,023)
Total satellites, net		$	1,613,465	$	1,749,576

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

	For the three months ended September 30,				For the nine months ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Depreciation expense:
Satellites - owned	$	32,073	$	32,620	$	96,220	$	96,650
Satellites acquired under finance leases	7,203		6,377		20,421		19,269
Total depreciation expense	$	39,276	$	38,997	$	116,641	$	115,919
Capitalized interest	$	7,261	$	6,062	$	20,839	$	16,418