Interest Costs

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Interest Costs	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 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 related launch vehicle and will continue to do so until the satellite is placed into operation. We also incur interest costs on our debt instruments and on our satellite incentive agreements. The following is a summary of our interest costs:   For the Three Months Ended September 30,   For the Nine Months Ended September 30,   2013   2012   2013   2012 Interest costs charged to expense $ 54,629   $ 70,035   $ 150,531   $ 219,777 Interest costs capitalized 7,915   8,005   23,923   24,087 Total interest costs incurred $ 62,544   $ 78,040   $ 174,454   $ 243,864 Included in interest costs incurred is non-cash interest expense, consisting of amortization related to original issue discounts, premiums and deferred financing fees of $5,574 and $9,755 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $16,506 and $30,786 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.