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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Commitments and Contingencies |
Schedule of future maturities of contractual obligations |
|  | Payments due by period |
|  | Total |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | Thereafter |
|  | (In thousands) |
Long-term debt obligations |  | $ | 2,006,895 |  | $ | 233 |  | $ | 1,177 |  | $ | 1,054 |  | $ | 1,117 |  | $ | 1,142 |  | $ | 2,002,172 |
Capital lease obligations |  | 390,744 |  | 13,869 |  | 58,328 |  | 62,528 |  | 64,283 |  | 12,487 |  | 179,249 |
Interest expense on long-term debt and capital lease obligations |  | 1,481,336 |  | 85,362 |  | 175,313 |  | 169,990 |  | 164,224 |  | 160,531 |  | 725,916 |
Satellite-related obligations |  | 1,179,419 |  | 119,327 |  | 275,842 |  | 126,768 |  | 99,773 |  | 78,774 |  | 478,935 |
Operating lease obligations |  | 63,675 |  | 5,547 |  | 20,109 |  | 13,584 |  | 10,243 |  | 6,864 |  | 7,328 |
Purchase and other obligations |  | 403,967 |  | 390,584 |  | 11,679 |  | 1,171 |  | 533 |  | — |  | — |
Payments in connection with acquisitions |  | 22,426 |  | 5,798 |  | 7,012 |  | 5,866 |  | 3,750 |  | — |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 5,548,462 |  | $ | 620,720 |  | $ | 549,460 |  | $ | 380,961 |  | $ | 343,923 |  | $ | 259,798 |  | $ | 3,393,600 |

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