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Property and Equipment (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Property and Equipment |
Schedule of property and equipment |
|  |  |  | As of December 31, |
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|  | Depreciable Life (In Years) |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
|  |  |  | (In thousands) |
Land |  | — |  | $ | 42,850 |  | $ | 42,312 |
Buildings and improvements |  | 3-40 |  |  | 377,208 |  |  | 363,338 |
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other |  | 1-12 |  |  | 1,157,325 |  |  | 1,064,071 |
Customer rental equipment |  | 2-4 |  |  | 374,688 |  |  | 251,708 |
Satellites—owned(1) |  | 1.5-15 |  |  | 1,949,040 |  |  | 1,762,264 |
Satellites acquired under capital leases |  | 10-15 |  |  | 935,104 |  |  | 935,104 |
Construction in progress |  | — |  |  | 210,051 |  |  | 455,186 |
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Total property and equipment |  |  |  |  | 5,046,266 |  |  | 4,873,983 |
Accumulated depreciation(1) |  |  |  |  | (2,499,889 | ) |  | (2,261,699 | )
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Property and equipment, net |  |  |  | $ | 2,546,377 |  | $ | 2,612,284 |
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(1) Balances previously reported as of December 31, 2012 have been reduced to exclude a fully-depreciated satellite that was retired from commercial service prior to December 31, 2012.
Schedule of construction in progress |
|  |  |  | As of December 31, |
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|  | Segment |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
|  |  |  | (In thousands) |
Progress amounts for satellite construction, including certain amounts prepaid under satellite service agreements and launch costs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
EchoStar XIX |  | Other |  | $ | 122,070 |  | $ | 9,325 |
TerreStar-2 |  | Other |  |  | 16,433 |  |  | — |
EchoStar XVI |  | ESS |  |  | — |  |  | 345,090 |
Other |  | ETC/ESS |  |  | 24,160 |  |  | 25,710 |
Uplinking equipment |  | ETC/Hughes |  |  | 20,793 |  |  | 37,264 |
Other |  | ETC/Hughes/ESS |  |  | 26,595 |  |  | 37,797 |
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Construction in progress |  |  |  | $ | 210,051 |  | $ | 455,186 |
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Schedule of depreciation expense |
|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
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|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Satellites |  | $ | 180,517 |  | $ | 150,034 |  | $ | 112,182 |
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other |  |  | 126,625 |  |  | 121,919 |  |  | 116,397 |
Customer rental equipment |  |  | 98,076 |  |  | 80,709 |  |  | 40,877 |
Buildings and improvements |  |  | 13,449 |  |  | 12,929 |  |  | 9,416 |
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Total depreciation expense |  | $ | 418,667 |  | $ | 365,591 |  | $ | 278,872 |
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Schedule of satellites |
Satellites |  | Segment |  | Launch Date |  | Nominal Degree Orbital Location (West Longitude) |  | Depreciable Life (In Years) |
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Owned: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
SPACEWAY3(4) |  | Hughes |  | August 2007 |  |  | 95 |  |  | 12 |
EchoStar XVII |  | Hughes |  | July 2012 |  |  | 107 |  |  | 15 |
EchoStar III(1)(2) |  | ESS |  | October 1997 |  |  | 61.5 |  |  | 12 |
EchoStar VI |  | ESS |  | July 2000 |  |  | 96.2 |  |  | 12 |
EchoStar VIII(1) |  | ESS |  | August 2002 |  |  | 77 |  |  | 12 |
EchoStar IX(1) |  | ESS |  | August 2003 |  |  | 121 |  |  | 12 |
EchoStar XII(1)(5) |  | ESS |  | July 2003 |  |  | 61.5 |  |  | 1.5 |
EchoStar XVI(1) |  | ESS |  | November 2012 |  |  | 61.5 |  |  | 15 |
Leased from Other Third Parties(3): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
AMC-15 |  | ESS |  | January 2005 |  |  | 105 |  |  | 10 |
AMC-16 |  | ESS |  | February 2005 |  |  | 85 |  |  | 10 |
Nimiq 5(1) |  | ESS |  | October 2009 |  |  | 72.7 |  |  | 15 |
QuetzSat-1(1) |  | ESS |  | November 2011 |  |  | 77 |  |  | 10 |
(1) See Note 19 for further discussion of our transactions with DISH Network. (2) Fully depreciated and currently an in-orbit spare. (3) These satellites are accounted for as capital leases and their launch dates represent dates that the satellites were placed into service. (4) Depreciable life represents the remaining useful life as of the date of the Hughes Acquisition. (5) Depreciable life represents the remaining useful life as of June 30, 2013, the date EchoStar XII was impaired.

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