(7) Interest Costs

          We capitalize a portion of the interest on funds borrowed to finance the construction costs of our satellites and related launch vehicles for our FM-6 satellite in 2011 and for our FM-6 and XM-5 satellites in 2010. We also incur interest costs on all of our debt instruments and certain contingent incentive payments due pursuant to our satellite construction agreements. The following is a summary of our interest costs:

		For the Three Months								For the Six Months
		Ended June 30,								Ended June 30,
		2011				2010				2011				2010
Interest costs charged to expense		$	76,196			$	76,802			$	154,414			$	154,670
Interest costs capitalized			8,068				16,253				15,318				30,430
Total interest costs incurred		$	84,264			$	93,055			$	169,732			$	185,100

          Included in interest costs incurred is non-cash interest expense, consisting of amortization related to original issue discounts, premiums and deferred financing fees, of $9,661 and $11,175 for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $19,234 and $22,294 for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.