Interest Costs

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Interest Costs	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014
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. 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 Three Months Ended September 30,   For the Nine Months Ended September 30,   2014   2013   2014   2013 Interest costs charged to expense $ 75,416   $ 54,629   $ 197,029   $ 150,531 Interest costs capitalized 70   7,915   480   23,923 Total interest costs incurred $ 75,486   $ 62,544   $ 197,509   $ 174,454 Included in interest costs incurred is non-cash interest expense, consisting of amortization related to original issue discounts, premiums and deferred financing fees, of $5,736 and $5,574 for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $16,515 and $16,506 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.