(7) Interest Costs

          We capitalized 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 Nine Months
		Ended September 30,								Ended September 30,
		2011				2010				2011				2010
Interest costs charged to expense		$	75,316			$	68,559			$	229,730			$	223,230
Interest costs capitalized			8,906				19,040				24,224				49,470
Total interest costs incurred		$	84,222			$	87,599			$	253,954			$	272,700

     Included in interest costs incurred is non-cash interest expense, consisting of amortization related to original issue discounts, premiums and deferred financing fees, of $9,977 and $10,689 for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $29,211 and $32,983 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.