Interest Costs

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Interest Costs	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012
Interest Costs Disclosure [Abstract]
Interest Costs	Interest Costs We capitalized a portion of the interest on funds borrowed as part of the cost of constructing our satellites and related launch vehicle. We are currently capitalizing the interest associated with our FM-6 satellite and will continue to do so until its launch. During the year ended December 31, 2010, we also capitalized costs related to our XM-5 satellite and related launch vehicle. We also incur interest costs on all of our debt instruments and on our satellite incentive agreements. The following is a summary of our interest costs:   For the Years Ended December 31,   2012   2011   2010 Interest costs charged to expense $ 265,321   $ 304,938   $ 295,643 Interest costs capitalized 31,982   33,522   63,880 Total interest costs incurred $ 297,303   $ 338,460   $ 359,523 Included in interest costs incurred is non-cash interest expense, consisting of amortization related to original issue discounts, premiums and deferred financing fees of $35,924, $39,515 and $42,841 for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.