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Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Details 2) (USD $)
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12 Months Ended | |||||||||||||
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Dec. 31, 2011
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Dec. 31, 2012
Capital lease obligations
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Dec. 31, 2012
Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation ("HSSC")
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Dec. 31, 2011
Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation ("HSSC")
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Dec. 31, 2010
Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation ("HSSC")
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Dec. 31, 2012
Senior Secured Notes
Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation ("HSSC")
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Jun. 02, 2011
Senior Secured Notes
Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation ("HSSC")
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Dec. 31, 2012
Senior Secured Notes
Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation ("HSSC")
Maximum
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Dec. 31, 2012
Senior Notes
Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation ("HSSC")
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Jun. 02, 2011
Senior Notes
Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation ("HSSC")
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Dec. 31, 2012
Senior Notes
Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation ("HSSC")
Maximum
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Dec. 31, 2012
Other
Minimum
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Dec. 31, 2012
Other
Maximum
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| Debt and Capital Lease Obligations | ||||||||||||||
| Principal amount of debt issuance | $ 1,100,000,000 | $ 900,000,000 | ||||||||||||
| Interest rate (as a percent) | 6.50% | 7.625% | 5.50% | 15.75% | ||||||||||
| 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 | 100.00% | 100.00% | ||||||||||||
| Maximum percentage of the aggregate principal amount of notes redeemable before June 15, 2014 | 35.00% | 35.00% | ||||||||||||
| Redemption price as percentage of principal redeemable any time before June 15, 2014 | 106.50% | 107.625% | ||||||||||||
| Maximum percentage of the aggregate principal amount of notes redeemable at any time before June 15, 2015 | 10.00% | |||||||||||||
| Redemption price as percentage of principal amount of notes redeemable at any time before June 15, 2015 | 103.00% | |||||||||||||
| Repurchase price in the event of change of control, percentage of principal | 101.00% | 101.00% | ||||||||||||
| Debt issuance costs | 229,000 | 57,825,000 | ||||||||||||
| Debt issuance costs amortized | $ 5,000,000 | $ 3,000,000 | $ 0 | |||||||||||
| Effective interest rates for satellite capital lease obligations, minimum (as a percent) | 7.78% | |||||||||||||
| Effective interest rates for satellite capital lease obligations, maximum (as a percent) | 10.97% | |||||||||||||
| Weighted average interest rate (as a percent) | 9.35% | |||||||||||||