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Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011 6 1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation (HSS)	Jun. 02, 2011 6 1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation (HSS)	Sep. 30, 2011 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2021 Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation (HSS)	Jun. 02, 2011 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2021 Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation (HSS)	Sep. 30, 2011 Mortgages and other notes payable	Dec. 31, 2010 Mortgages and other notes payable
Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations
Debt instrument issued				$ 1,100,000,000		$ 900,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)			6.50%	6.50%	7.625%	7.625%
Debt instrument issued, issue price (as a percent)				100.00%		100.00%
Percentage of principal amount at which the entity may redeem some or all of the notes to the date of redemption (as a percent)				100.00%		100.00%
Maximum percentage of the aggregate principal amount of notes redeemable before June 15, 2014 (as a percent)				35.00%		35.00%
Redemption price as percentage of principal redeemable any time before June 15, 2014 (as a percent)				106.50%		107.625%
Maximum percentage of the aggregate principal amount of notes redeemable at any time before June 15, 2015 (as a percent)				10.00%
Redemption price as percentage of principal amount of notes redeemable at any time before June 15, 2015 (as a percent)				103.00%
Repurchase price in the event of change of control, percentage of principal (as a percent)				101.00%		101.00%
Carrying Value	2,006,895,000	6,535,000	1,100,000,000		900,000,000		6,895,000	6,535,000
Fair Value	1,952,395,000	6,535,000	1,072,500,000		873,000,000		6,895,000	6,535,000
Capital lease obligations	390,744,000	406,350,000
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations (including current portion)	$ 2,397,639,000	$ 412,885,000

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