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Property and Equipment - Satellites (Details) - Pay-TV Satellites	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2025 item
Property and Equipment
Number of satellites utilized in geostationary orbit approximately 22,300 miles above the equator	8
Distance of satellites utilized in geostationary	22,300
Owned Satellites	2
Related Party \| Dish Network
Property and Equipment
Number of satellites utilized under operating lease	6

The distance of satellites utilized in geostationary orbit from and above the equator.

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Number of satellites in geostationary orbit utilized by reporting entity.

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Number of satellites in geostationary orbit utilized by reporting entity owned.

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Number of satellites in geostationary orbit utilized by reporting entity under operating leases.

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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.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 7A
-Subparagraph (a)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478964/842-20-50-7A

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