Interest Costs

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Interest Costs	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
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 vehicles. We primarily capitalized interest associated with our FM-6 satellite and related launch vehicle for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012. We also incurred interest costs on our debt instruments and on our satellite incentive agreements. The following is a summary of our interest costs:   For the Years Ended December 31,   2014   2013   2012 Interest costs charged to expense $ 269,010   $ 204,671   $ 265,321 Interest costs capitalized 480   26,445   31,982 Total interest costs incurred $ 269,490   $ 231,116   $ 297,303 Included in interest costs incurred is non-cash interest expense, consisting of amortization related to original issue discounts, premiums and deferred financing fees, of $21,039, $21,698 and $35,924 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.