Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $) | 9 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2011 | Sep. 30, 2011
Long-term debt obligations | Sep. 30, 2011
Capital lease obligations | Sep. 30, 2011
Interest expense on long-term debt and capital lease obligations | Sep. 30, 2011
Satellite-related obligations
satellite | Sep. 30, 2011
Satellite Under Construction - EchoStar XVI | Sep. 30, 2011
Satellite Under Construction - Jupiter | Sep. 30, 2011
Operating lease obligations | Sep. 30, 2011
Purchase and other obligations | Sep. 30, 2011
Payments in connection with acquisitions | Aug. 30, 2011
Acquisition of Brazilian Orbital Slots
slot | |
| Commitment and Contingencies | |||||||||||
| 2011 | $ 620,720,000 | $ 233,000 | $ 13,869,000 | $ 85,362,000 | $ 119,327,000 | $ 5,547,000 | $ 390,584,000 | $ 5,798,000 | |||
| 2012 | 549,460,000 | 1,177,000 | 58,328,000 | 175,313,000 | 275,842,000 | 20,109,000 | 11,679,000 | 7,012,000 | |||
| 2013 | 380,961,000 | 1,054,000 | 62,528,000 | 169,990,000 | 126,768,000 | 13,584,000 | 1,171,000 | 5,866,000 | |||
| 2014 | 343,923,000 | 1,117,000 | 64,283,000 | 164,224,000 | 99,773,000 | 10,243,000 | 533,000 | 3,750,000 | |||
| 2015 | 259,798,000 | 1,142,000 | 12,487,000 | 160,531,000 | 78,774,000 | 6,864,000 | |||||
| Thereafter | 3,393,600,000 | 2,002,172,000 | 179,249,000 | 725,916,000 | 478,935,000 | 7,328,000 | |||||
| Total | 5,548,462,000 | 2,006,895,000 | 390,744,000 | 1,481,336,000 | 1,179,419,000 | 63,675,000 | 403,967,000 | 22,426,000 | |||
| Satellite-related obligations, number of satellite launch contracts | 2 | ||||||||||
| Expected future payments under agreement | 85,000,000 | 103,000,000 | |||||||||
| Unrecognized tax benefits accrued, with no expectations of payment and settlement with in the next twelve months | 49,000,000 | ||||||||||
| Number of orbital slots won in auction | 2 | ||||||||||
| Orbital slot acquisition bid, one | 19,000,000 | ||||||||||
| Orbital slot acquisition bid, two | $ 79,000,000 | ||||||||||
| Exchange rate used in acquisition bid | 1.8291 | ||||||||||