Interest Costs

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Interest Costs	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 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 vehicles. We capitalized interest associated with our FM-6 satellite and related launch vehicle during 2011 through its placement into operation in the fourth quarter 2013. 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,   2013   2012   2011 Interest costs charged to expense $ 204,671   $ 265,321   $ 304,938 Interest costs capitalized 26,445   31,982   33,522 Total interest costs incurred $ 231,116   $ 297,303   $ 338,460 Included in interest costs incurred is non-cash interest expense, consisting of amortization related to original issue discounts, premiums and deferred financing fees of $21,698, $35,924 and $39,515 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.