Property and Equipment (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of Property and Equipment

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

	As of
	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Property and equipment, net:
Satellites, net	$	1,575,202	$	1,610,623
Other property and equipment, net	676,056		727,662
Total property and equipment, net	$	2,251,258	$	2,338,285

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

	Depreciable Life (In Years)	As of
		September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Satellites, net:
Satellites - owned	7 to 15	$	1,807,256	$	1,806,664
Satellites - acquired under finance leases	15	357,163		354,170
Construction in progress	—	593,905		541,422
Total satellites		2,758,324		2,702,256
Accumulated depreciation:
Satellites - owned		(1,068,584)		(995,962)
Satellites - acquired under finance leases		(114,538)		(95,671)
Total accumulated depreciation		(1,183,122)		(1,091,633)
Total satellites, net		$	1,575,202	$	1,610,623

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

	For the three months ended September 30,				For the nine months ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Depreciation expense:
Satellites - owned	$	24,176	$	22,775	$	72,654	$	77,517
Satellites - acquired under finance leases	6,003		7,434		18,127		22,031
Total depreciation expense	$	30,179	$	30,209	$	90,781	$	99,548

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

	For the three months ended September 30,				For the nine months ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Capitalized interest	$	11,130	$	9,183	$	32,395	$	27,473

Schedule of Satellites

The following table presents our GEO satellite fleet as of September 30, 2022:

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 acquisition of Hughes Communications, Inc. (“Hughes Communications”) and its subsidiaries (the “Hughes Acquisition”).

(2) Upon consummation of our joint venture with Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC (“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.