PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Schedule of property and equipment, net

Property and equipment consisted of the following:

					As of December 31,
	Depreciable Life				2024		2023
	(In years)				(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers		2	-	4	$	865,003	$	883,565
Satellites (1)		5	-	15		1,210,437		1,506,541
Satellites acquired under finance lease agreements (2)			15			344,972		368,384
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other		1	-	12		682,614		683,246
Software and computer equipment		1	-	5		300,255		293,908
Buildings and improvements		1	-	30		129,779		115,354
Land			-			13,460		13,547
Construction in progress			-			7,980		28,217
Total property and equipment						3,554,500		3,892,762
Accumulated depreciation						(2,457,310)		(2,642,688)
Property and equipment, net					$	1,097,190	$	1,250,074

(1) The Spaceway 3 satellite was deorbited in January 2024

(2) The change in value of our satellites acquired under finance lease agreements is due to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates

Depreciation and amortization expense consisted of the following:

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2024		2023		2022
	(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	$	114,143	$	168,656	$	221,645
Satellites		105,139		105,717		99,865
Buildings, furniture, fixtures, equipment and other		83,683		53,445		47,391
Software and computer equipment		25,963		28,359		28,074
Intangible assets and other amortization expense		36,974		33,455		34,090
Total depreciation and amortization	$	365,902	$	389,632	$	431,065

Schedule of satellites

As of December 31, 2024, our satellite fleet in service consisted of the following:

		Degree Orbital	Lease
		Location	Termination
Satellites	Launch Date	(Longitude)	Date
Owned:
EchoStar XVII	July 2012	107 W	N/A
EchoStar XIX	December 2016	97.1 W	N/A
Al Yah 3 ("AY3")	January 2018	20 W	N/A
EchoStar IX	August 2003	121 W	N/A
Finance leases:
Eutelsat 65 West A	March 2016	65 W	July 2031
Telesat T19V	July 2018	63 W	August 2033
EchoStar 105/SES‑11	October 2017	105 W	November 2029
Operating leases:
EchoStar XXIV	July 2023	95.2 W	December 2030

Schedule of capitalized interest, satellites

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

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2024		2023		2022
	(In thousands)
Capitalized interest	$	—	$	10,115	$	8,712

Schedule of amortization and non-amortizing intangibles

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, our identifiable intangibles, including intangibles subject to amortization and non-amortizing intangibles, consisted of the following:

	As of December 31,
	2024				2023
	Intangible Assets		Accumulated Amortization		Intangible Assets		Accumulated Amortization
	(In thousands)
Customer relationships	$	274,155	$	(272,602)	$	274,260	$	(271,873)
Patents		51,400		(51,400)		51,400		(51,400)
Trademarks and licenses		29,700		(20,171)		29,700		(18,686)
Total	$	355,255	$	(344,173)	$	355,360	$	(341,959)

Schedule of excluding non-amortizing intangibles and regulatory authorizations

Estimated future amortization of our identifiable intangible assets as of December 31, 2024, excluding non-amortizing intangibles, is as follows:

For the Years Ending December 31,		Total
		(In thousands)
2025	$	2,256
2026		2,256
2027		1,496
2028		1,485
2029		1,485
Thereafter		2,104
Total	$	11,082

Estimated future amortization of our Regulatory Authorizations as of December, 31, 2024 is as follows:

For the Years Ending December 31,		Total
		(In thousands)
2025	$	480
2026		482
2027		482
2028		482
2029		482
Thereafter		2,290
Total	$	4,698

Schedule of regulatory authorizations with indefinite and finite lives

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, our Regulatory Authorizations with indefinite lives consisted of the following:

	As of December 31,
	2024		2023
	(In thousands)
95 W	$	200,000	$	200,000
107 W		200,000		200,000
Total	$	400,000	$	400,000

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, our Regulatory Authorizations with finite lives consisted of the following:

	As of December 31,
	2024				2023
	Finite Lived Assets		Accumulated Amortization		Finite Lived Assets		Accumulated Amortization
	(In thousands)
Total	$	10,295	$	(5,597)	$	12,754	$	(4,935)