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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of earnings per share, basic and diluted | The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted EPS:
|  | For the three months ended September 30, |  | For the nine months ended September 30,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar Corporation common stock: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income (loss) from continuing operations |  | $ | 25,440 |  |  | $ | (20,317) |  |  | $ | (40,267) |  |  | $ | (56,022) |
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations |  | — |  |  | 2,008 |  |  | — |  |  | 46,223 |
Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar Corporation common stock |  | $ | 25,440 |  |  | $ | (18,309) |  |  | $ | (40,267) |  |  | $ | (9,799) |
Weighted-average common shares outstanding: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Class A and B common stock: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic and diluted |  | 98,004 |  |  | 97,455 |  |  | 97,898 |  |  | 96,426 |
Earnings (losses) per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Class A and B common stock: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic and diluted: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations |  | $ | 0.26 |  |  | $ | (0.21) |  |  | $ | (0.41) |  |  | $ | (0.58) |
Discontinued operations |  | — |  |  | 0.02 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.48 |
Total basic and diluted earnings (losses) per share |  | $ | 0.26 |  |  | $ | (0.19) |  |  | $ | (0.41) |  |  | $ | (0.10) |
Schedule of anti-dilutive options excluded from calculation of diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding | The following table presents the number of anti-dilutive options to purchase shares of our Class A common stock which have been excluded from the calculation of our diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding:
|  | For the three months ended September 30, |  | For the nine months ended September 30,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Number of shares |  | 4,263 |  | 3,266 |  | 4,827 |  | 3,203

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