v3.20.2

Organization and Business Activities (Details)		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 10, 2019 shares	Sep. 30, 2020 segment $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2019 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2019 $ / shares shares
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of business segments | segment		2
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
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Class A common stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)		$ 0.001	$ 0.001
BSS Corp. | Common Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)				$ 0.001
Share of BSS common stock issued for each share of Echostar Class A or Class B common stock (in shares) | shares				1
DISH Network | Class A common stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
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Stock conversion, numerator (in shares) | shares	0.23523769

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