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Property and Equipment (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Property and Equipment |
Schedule of property and equipment |
|  | Depreciable |  |  |  |  |
|  | Life |  | As of December 31, |
|  | (In Years) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
|  |  |  | (In thousands) |
Land |  | — |  | $ | 41,457 |  | $ | 42,826 |
Buildings and improvements |  | 1-40 |  | 367,947 |  | 375,920 |
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other |  | 1-12 |  | 1,254,325 |  | 1,223,807 |
Customer rental equipment |  | 2-4 |  | 588,430 |  | 498,180 |
Satellites - owned |  | 2-15 |  | 2,381,120 |  | 2,381,120 |
Satellites acquired under capital leases |  | 10-15 |  | 665,518 |  | 935,104 |
Construction in progress |  | — |  | 1,112,267 |  | 637,189 |
Total property and equipment |  |  |  | 6,411,064 |  | 6,094,146 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  |  | (2,998,074 | ) | (2,899,353 | )
Property and equipment, net |  |  |  | $ | 3,412,990 |  | $ | 3,194,793 |
Schedule of construction in progress |
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Progress amounts for satellite construction, including prepayments under capital leases and launch services costs |  | $ | 963,103 |  | $ | 583,877 |
Satellite related equipment |  | 126,373 |  | 34,270 |
Other |  | 22,791 |  | 19,042 |
Construction in progress |  | $ | 1,112,267 |  | $ | 637,189 |
Schedule of depreciation expense |
|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Satellites |  | $ | 197,469 |  | $ | 210,763 |  | $ | 180,517 |
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other |  | 135,536 |  | 123,360 |  | 126,625 |
Customer rental equipment |  | 105,725 |  | 116,685 |  | 98,076 |
Buildings and improvements |  | 13,513 |  | 13,734 |  | 13,449 |
Total depreciation expense |  | $ | 452,243 |  | $ | 464,542 |  | $ | 418,667 |
Schedule of satellites | Our operating satellite fleet consists of both owned and leased satellites detailed in the table below as of December 31, 2015.
|  |  |  |  |  | Nominal Degree |  | Depreciable
|  |  |  | Launch |  | Orbital Location |  | Life
Satellites |  | Segment |  | Date |  | (Longitude) |  | (In Years)
Owned: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
SPACEWAY 3 (1) |  | Hughes |  | August 2007 |  | 95 W |  | 12
EchoStar XVII |  | Hughes |  | July 2012 |  | 107 W |  | 15
EchoStar I (2)(3)(4) |  | ESS |  | December 1995 |  | 77 W |  | —
EchoStar III (4) |  | ESS |  | October 1997 |  | 61.5 W |  | 12
EchoStar VI (4) |  | ESS |  | July 2000 |  | 96.2 W |  | 12
EchoStar VII (2)(3) |  | ESS |  | February 2002 |  | 119 W |  | 3
EchoStar VIII (2)(4) |  | ESS |  | August 2002 |  | 77 W |  | 12
EchoStar IX (2)(4) |  | ESS |  | August 2003 |  | 121 W |  | 12
EchoStar X (2)(3) |  | ESS |  | February 2006 |  | 110 W |  | 7
EchoStar XI (2)(3) |  | ESS |  | July 2008 |  | 110 W |  | 9
EchoStar XII (2)(4)(5) |  | ESS |  | July 2003 |  | 61.5 W |  | 2
EchoStar XIV (2)(3) |  | ESS |  | March 2010 |  | 119 W |  | 11
EchoStar XVI (2) |  | ESS |  | November 2012 |  | 61.5W |  | 15
EUTELSAT 10A (“W2A”) (6) |  | Other |  | April 2009 |  | 10 E |  | —
Capital Leases: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nimiq 5 (2) |  | ESS |  | September 2009 |  | 72.7 W |  | 15
QuetzSat-1 (2) |  | ESS |  | September 2011 |  | 77 W |  | 10
Operating Leases: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
AMC-15 |  | ESS |  | October 2004 |  | 105 W |  | —
AMC-16 (7) |  | ESS |  | December 2004 |  | 85 W |  | —
| (1) |  | Depreciable life represents the remaining useful life as of June 8, 2011, the date EchoStar completed its acquisition of Hughes Communications, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
| (2) |  | See Note 19 for discussion of related party transactions with DISH Network.
| (3) |  | Depreciable life represents the remaining useful life as of March 1, 2014, the effective date of our receipt of the satellites from DISH Network as part of the Satellite and Tracking Stock Transaction (See Note 4).
| (4) |  | Fully depreciated assets.
| (5) |  | Depreciable life represents the remaining useful life as of June 30, 2013, the date the EchoStar XII satellite was impaired.
| (6) |  | The Company acquired the S-band payload on this satellite, which prior to the acquisition in December 2013, experienced an anomaly at the time of the launch. As a result, the S-band payload is not fully operational.
| (7) |  | Operating lease expired in February 2016.
Schedule of owned and leased satellites under construction | Our owned and leased satellites under construction as of December 31, 2015 are presented below.
Satellites |  | Segment |  | Expected Launch Date
EUTELSAT 65 West A (1) |  | Hughes |  | First quarter of 2016
EchoStar XXI |  | Other |  | Second quarter of 2016
EchoStar XXIII |  | Other |  | Third quarter of 2016
EchoStar XIX |  | Other |  | Fourth quarter of 2016
EchoStar 105/SES-11 |  | ESS |  | Fourth quarter of 2016
Telesat T19V (“63 West”) (1) |  | Hughes |  | Second quarter of 2018
| (1) |  | We entered into satellite services agreements for certain capacity on these satellites once launched, but are not parties to the construction contracts.

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