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Property and Equipment (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Property and Equipment |
Schedule of property and equipment |
|  | Depreciable |  | As of |
|  | Life |  | September 30, |  | December 31, |
|  | (In Years) |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
|  |  |  | (In thousands) |
Land |  | — |  | $ | 41,530 |  | $ | 28,240 |
Buildings and improvements |  | 1-40 |  | 309,541 |  | 232,208 |
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other |  | 1-10 |  | 920,465 |  | 791,247 |
Consumer rental equipment |  | 2-4 |  | 142,264 |  | — |
Satellites: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
EchoStar III - fully depreciated |  | N/A |  | 234,083 |  | 234,083 |
EchoStar IV - fully depreciated |  | N/A |  | 78,511 |  | 78,511 |
EchoStar VI |  | 12 |  | 244,305 |  | 244,305 |
EchoStar VIII |  | 12 |  | 175,801 |  | 175,801 |
EchoStar IX |  | 12 |  | 127,376 |  | 127,376 |
EchoStar XII |  | 10 |  | 190,051 |  | 190,051 |
SPACEWAY 3 |  | 15 |  | 286,707 |  | — |
Satellites acquired under capital leases |  | 10-15 |  | 566,817 |  | 534,673 |
Construction in process |  | — |  | 919,579 |  | 393,098 |
Total property and equipment |  |  |  | 4,237,030 |  | 3,029,593 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  |  | (1,931,957 | ) | (1,766,290 | )
Property and equipment, net |  |  |  | $ | 2,305,073 |  | $ | 1,263,303 |
Components of construction in process |
|  | As of |
|  | September 30, |  | December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Progress amounts for satellite construction, including certain amounts prepaid under satellite service agreements and launch costs: |  |  |  |  |
QuetzSat-1 |  | $ | 180,759 |  | $ | 162,947 |
EchoStar XVI |  | 209,552 |  | 100,312 |
Jupiter |  | 338,580 |  | — |
Other |  | 75,238 |  | 93,958 |
Buildings and improvements |  | 35,854 |  | 19,291 |
Uplink equipment |  | 58,265 |  | 11,933 |
Other |  | 21,331 |  | 4,657 |
Construction in process |  | $ | 919,579 |  | $ | 393,098 |
Schedule of depreciation and amortization expense |
|  | For the Three Months |  | For the Nine Months |
|  | Ended September 30, |  | Ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Satellites |  | $ | 29,455 |  | $ | 22,562 |  | $ | 77,172 |  | $ | 70,000 |
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other |  | 49,838 |  | 25,632 |  | 106,982 |  | 73,120 |
Identifiable intangible assets subject to amortization |  | 45,975 |  | 8,266 |  | 65,699 |  | 24,796 |
Buildings and improvements |  | 2,852 |  | 1,731 |  | 6,340 |  | 4,950 |
Total depreciation and amortization |  | $ | 128,120 |  | $ | 58,191 |  | $ | 256,193 |  | $ | 172,866 |

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