Property and Equipment (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of property and equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following:

	Depreciable Life In Years	As of
		September 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
		(In thousands)
Land	—	$	13,365		$	13,475
Buildings and improvements	1 to 40	127,958			128,292
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	1 to 12	686,448			650,385
Customer rental equipment	2 to 4	1,103,408			929,775
Satellites - owned	2 to 15	2,268,862			2,516,685
Satellites - acquired under capital leases	10 to 15	1,045,242			916,820
Construction in progress	—	69,246			149,570
Total property and equipment		5,314,529			5,305,002
Accumulated depreciation		(2,671,058		)	(2,551,904		)
Property and equipment, net		$	2,643,471		$	2,753,098

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

	For the three months ended September 30,				For the nine months ended September 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
	(In thousands)
Buildings and improvements	$	2,597	$	4,218	$	7,862	$	10,977
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	19,915		18,516		59,322		51,073
Customer rental equipment	43,584		39,104		129,907		103,781
Satellites	63,416		56,953		184,359		166,419
Total depreciation expense	$	129,512	$	118,791	$	381,450	$	332,250

Schedule of construction in progress

Construction in progress consisted of the following:

	As of
	September 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Progress amounts for satellite construction, including prepayments under capital leases and launch services costs	$	1,742	$	101,733
Satellite related equipment	34,948		28,358
Other	32,556		19,479
Construction in progress	$	69,246	$	149,570