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Related Party Transactions - DISH Network - Overview (Details)	Feb. 27, 2017
DISH Network | Preferred Tracking Stock | Hughes Retail Group | Satellite And Tracking Stock Transaction
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, economic interest rate	80.00%

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- Definition

Represents the percentage of economic interest held an entity.

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No definition available.

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Namespace Prefix:	sats_
Data Type:	num:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

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Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

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- Details

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Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

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- Details

Name:	us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis=sats_PreferredTrackingStockMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

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- Details

Name:	us-gaap_SubsegmentsAxis=sats_HughesRetailGroupMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

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- Details

Name:	us-gaap_TypeOfArrangementAxis=sats_SatelliteAndTrackingStockTransactionMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: