Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Interest Costs (Tables)

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Interest Costs (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Interest Costs [Abstract]  
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