EXHIBIT 12.1 SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO INC. STATEMENT RE: COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
For the Year Ended December 31, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the Six Months Ended June 30, 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- (Numbers in thousands, except ratios) Earnings: Pretax loss from continuing operations $ (62,822) $(134,744) $(235,763) $(422,481) $(226,215)(2) $(277,775) Add: Interest and other financial charges expended 16,806 33,595 89,686 106,163 50,510 28,968 Amortization of capitalized interest -- -- -- 10,324 11,653 5,827 Interest factor attributable to rentals 1,244 1,678 2,743 3,198 1,101 506 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Earnings, as adjusted, from continuing operations $ (44,772) $ (99,471) $(143,334) $(302,796) $(162,951)(2) $(242,474) ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= Fixed charges: Interest and other financial charges expended $ 16,806 $ 33,595 $ 89,686 $ 106,163 $ 50,510 $ 28,968 Interest capitalized 56,567 63,728 19,270 5,426 -- -- Interest factor attributable to rentals 1,244 1,678 2,743 3,198 1,101 506 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Total fixed charges $ 74,617 $ 99,001 $ 111,699 $ 114,787 $ 51,611 $ 29,474 ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(1) -- -- -- -- -- -- Deficiency (sufficiency) of earnings to fixed charges $ 119,389 $ 198,472 $ 255,033 $ 417,583 $ 214,562 $ 271,948
- -------------- (1) No figure is provided for any period during which the applicable ratio was less than 1.00. Therefore earnings available for fixed charges were inadequate to cover fixed charges for these periods. (2) The year ended December 31, 2003 includes the effects of other income of $256.5 million associated with our March 2003 debt restructuring.