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ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued
F-22
3. Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):
Depreciable
Life December 31,
(In Years) 2001 2002
EchoStar I .......................................................................... 12 $ 201,607 $ 201,607
EchoStar II......................................................................... 12 228,694 228,694
EchoStar III........................................................................ 12 234,083 234,083
EchoStar IV ....................................................................... 4 89,505 89,505
EchoStar V......................................................................... 12 210,446 210,446
EchoStar VI ....................................................................... 12 246,022 246,022
EchoStar VII...................................................................... 12 – 177,000
EchoStar VIII..................................................................... 12 – 194,913
Furniture, fixtures and equipment ..................................... 2-12 409,523 557,069
Buildings and improvements............................................. 7-40 94,325 112,854
Digital Home Plan equipment........................................... 4 353,567 529,311
Tooling and other .............................................................. 2 6,041 5,876
Land ................................................................................. – 12,699 14,236
Vehicles ............................................................................. 7 1,595 3,481
Construction in progress.................................................... – 462,365 121,693
Total property and equipment..................................... 2,550,472 2,926,790
Accumulated depreciation................................................. (646,460) (952,274)
Property and equipment, net....................................... $ 1,904,012 $ 1,974,516
Construction in progress consists of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
2001 2002
Progress amounts for satellite construction, launch, and launch insurance:
EchoStar VII .......................................................................................... $ 159,577 $ –
EchoStar VIII......................................................................................... 128,535 –
EchoStar IX............................................................................................ 74,189 100,745
Digital broadcast operations center ................................................................ 56,347 –
Other ............................................................................................................... 43,717 20,948
$ 462,365 $ 121,693
Depreciation and amortization expense consists of the following (in thousands):
For the years ended
December 31,
2000 2001 2002
Digital Home Plan equipment.................................
.
$ 4,116 $ 65,652 $ 130,760
Satellites...................................................................
.
99,144 113,279 128,155
Furniture, fixtures and equipment...........................
.
49,988 64,082 92,180
FCC licenses and other amortizable intangibles.....
.
27,647 29,485 11,123
Buildings and improvements...................................
.
2,344 2,763 3,399
Tooling and other ....................................................
.
2,117 3,391 7,341
$ 185,356 $ 278,652 $ 372,958