Property and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of Property and Equipment

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

	As of December 31,
	2021		2020
Property and equipment, net:
Satellites, net	$	1,610,623	$	1,602,076
Other property and equipment, net	727,662		788,237
Total property and equipment, net	$	2,338,285	$	2,390,313

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

	Depreciable Life (In Years)	As of December 31,
		2021		2020
Satellites, net:
Satellites - owned	7 to 15	$	1,806,664	$	1,805,590
Satellites - acquired under finance leases	15	354,170		352,245
Construction in progress	—	541,422		409,032
Total satellites		2,702,256		2,566,867
Accumulated depreciation:
Satellites - owned		(995,962)		(890,783)
Satellites - acquired under finance leases		(95,671)		(74,008)
Total accumulated depreciation		(1,091,633)		(964,791)
Total satellites, net		$	1,610,623	$	1,602,076

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

	For the years ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019
Depreciation expense:
Satellites - owned	$	105,819	$	128,404	$	130,705
Satellites - acquired under finance leases	23,740		27,611		25,755
Total depreciation expense	$	129,559	$	156,015	$	156,460

The following table presents capitalized interest associated with our satellites and satellite-related ground infrastructure:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019
Capitalized interest	$	37,150	$	27,369	$	22,576

The following table presents Other property and equipment, net:

	Depreciable Life (In Years)	As of December 31,
		2021		2020
Other property and equipment, net:
Land	—	$	28,938	$	29,055
Buildings and improvements	1 to 40	115,537		115,335
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	1 to 12	911,474		887,086
Customer premises equipment	2 to 4	1,778,061		1,617,053
Construction in progress		158,559		99,716
Total other property and equipment		2,992,569		2,748,245
Accumulated depreciation		(2,264,907)		(1,960,008)
Other property and equipment, net		$	727,662	$	788,237

The following table presents the depreciation expense associated with our other property and equipment:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019
Other property and equipment depreciation expense:
Buildings and improvements	$	6,036	$	5,394	$	5,791
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	90,895		94,389		90,885
Customer premises equipment	230,609		230,079		194,906
Total depreciation expense	$	327,540	$	329,862	$	291,582

Schedule of Satellites

The following table presents our GEO satellite fleet as of December 31, 2021:

GEO 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) (4)	ESS	August 2003	121 W	12
EUTELSAT 10A (“W2A”) (5)	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 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)    EchoStar IX is approaching its end of station-kept life. The Company expects to place the satellite in an inclined-orbit in the fourth quarter of 2022 or first quarter of 2023, but this ability is dependent upon events beyond our control and may not occur on schedule if at all. Inclined-orbit will extend its life but impact revenue generating capabilities.

(5)    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.