v3.20.2
Property and Equipment (Tables)
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Schedule of property and equipment
The following tables presents the components of Property and equipment, net:
As of
June 30,
2020		December 31,
2019
Property and equipment, net:
Satellites, net$1,648,744  $1,749,576  
Other property and equipment, net750,967  779,162  
Total property and equipment, net$2,399,711  $2,528,738  
The following table presents our operating satellite fleet as of June 30, 2020 which consists of both owned and leased satellites:
Satellite Segment Launch Date Nominal Degree Orbital Location (Longitude) Depreciable Life (In Years)
Owned:        
SPACEWAY 3 (1)
 Hughes August 2007 95 W 10
EchoStar XVII Hughes July 2012 107 W 15
EchoStar XIXHughesDecember 201697.1 W15
Al Yah 3 (2)
HughesJanuary 201820 W7
EchoStar IX (3)
 ESS August 2003 121 W 12
EUTELSAT 10A (4)
 Corporate and Other April 2009 10 E -
EchoStar XXICorporate and OtherJune 201710.25 E15
         
Finance leases:        
Eutelsat 65 West AHughesMarch 201665 W15
Telesat T19VHughesJuly 201863 W15
EchoStar 105/SES-11ESSOctober 2017105 W15
(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 (the “Hughes Acquisition”).
(2) Upon consummation of our joint venture with Yahsat in Brazil in November 2019, we acquired the Brazilian Ka-band payload on this satellite. Depreciable life represents the remaining useful life as of November 2019.
(3) We own the Ka-band and Ku-band payloads on this satellite.
(4) We acquired the S-band payload on this satellite in December 2013. Prior to acquisition, the S-band payload experienced an anomaly at the time of launch and, as a result, is not fully operational.
The following table presents the components of our satellites, net:
 Depreciable Life
(In Years)		As of
 June 30,
2020		December 31,
2019
Satellites, net:
Satellites - owned
7 to 15
$1,801,847  $1,816,303  
Satellites - acquired under finance leases15347,146  381,163  
Construction in progress—384,298  365,133  
Total satellites2,533,291  2,562,599  
Accumulated depreciation:
Satellites - owned(823,487) (756,635) 
Satellites - acquired under finance leases(61,060) (56,388) 
Total accumulated depreciation(884,547) (813,023) 
Total satellites, net$1,648,744  $1,749,576  
The following table presents the depreciation expense and capitalized interest associated with our satellites, net:
 For the three months ended June 30,For the six months ended June 30,
 2020201920202019
Depreciation expense:
Satellites - owned$32,073  $32,015  $64,147  $64,029  
Satellites acquired under finance leases7,205  6,402  13,218  12,892  
Total depreciation expense$39,278  $38,417  $77,365  $76,921  
Capitalized interest $6,897  $5,456  $13,578  $10,356