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Property and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Property and Equipment

Schedule of property and equipment

				As of December 31,
		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,
		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,
		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)
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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