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Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations |
Schedule of carrying and fair values of entity's debt facilities |
|  | As of |
|  | September 30, 2011 |  | December 31, 2010 |
|  | Carrying |  |  |  | Carrying |  |  |
|  | Value |  | Fair Value |  | Value |  | Fair Value |
|  | (In thousands) |
6 1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 |  | $ | 1,100,000 |  | $ | 1,072,500 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |
7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2021 |  | 900,000 |  | 873,000 |  | — |  | — |
Mortgages and other notes payable |  | 6,895 |  | 6,895 |  | 6,535 |  | 6,535 |
Subtotal |  | 2,006,895 |  | $ | 1,952,395 |  | 6,535 |  | $ | 6,535 |
Capital lease obligations (1) |  | 390,744 |  | NA |  | 406,350 |  | NA |
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations (including current portion) |  | $ | 2,397,639 |  |  |  | $ | 412,885 |  |  |
(1) Disclosure regarding fair value of capital leases is not required.
Schedule of depreciation on satellites acquired under capital lease agreements |
|  | For the Three Months |  | For the Nine Months |
|  | Ended September 30, |  | Ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Depreciation expense - capital leases |  | $ | 7,222 |  | $ | 6,444 |  | $ | 21,265 |  | $ | 21,645 |
Future minimum lease payments under capital lease obligations |
For the Years Ended December 31, |  |  |
2011 (three months remaining) |  | $ | 30,971 |
2012 |  | 123,331 |
2013 |  | 121,674 |
2014 |  | 115,925 |
2015 |  | 50,200 |
Thereafter |  | 429,000 |
Total minimum lease payments |  | 871,101 |
Less: Amount representing lease of the orbital location and estimated executory costs (primarily insurance and maintenance) including profit thereon, included in total minimum lease payments |  | (264,921 | )
Net minimum lease payments |  | 606,180 |
Less: Amount representing interest |  | (215,436 | )
Present value of net minimum lease payments |  | 390,744 |
Less: Current portion |  | (57,028 | )
Long-term portion of capital lease obligations |  | $ | 333,716 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of long-debt instruments or arrangements, including identification, terms, features, collateral requirements and other information necessary to a fair presentation. These are debt arrangements that originally required repayment more than twelve months after issuance or greater than the normal operating cycle of the entity, if longer. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21538-112644 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(e),(f)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e23780-122690 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6451184&loc=d3e28551-108399 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 470 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6479336&loc=d3e64711-112823 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6451184&loc=d3e28541-108399 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 55 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6584090&loc=d3e28878-108400 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 22 -Article 5 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 7 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21521-112644 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21475-112644 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21506-112644 + Details
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