Interest Costs

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Interest Costs	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013
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. 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 Three Months Ended March 31,   2013   2012 Interest costs charged to expense $ 46,174   $ 76,971 Interest costs capitalized 7,970   7,954 Total interest costs incurred $ 54,144   $ 84,925 Included in interest costs incurred is non-cash interest expense, consisting of amortization related to original issue discounts, premiums and deferred financing fees of $5,442 and $10,647 for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.