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Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Debt and Capital Lease Obligations

Schedule of carrying amounts and fair values of the entity's debt

					As of December 31,
					2013						2012
		Interest Rates			Carrying Amount			Fair Value			Carrying Amount			Fair Value
					(In thousands)
61/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2019			6.500%		$	1,100,000		$	1,193,500		$	1,100,000		$	1,210,000
75/8% Senior Notes due 2021			7.625%			900,000			1,001,250			900,000			1,026,450
Other			5.50%-15.75%			1,588			1,588			2,041			2,041
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Subtotal						2,001,588		$	2,196,338			2,002,041		$	2,238,491
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Capital lease obligations(1)						420,800						486,458
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Total debt and capital lease obligations						2,422,388						2,488,499
Less: Current portion						(69,791	)					(67,706	)
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Long-term portion of debt and capital lease obligations					$	2,352,597					$	2,420,793
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(1)

Disclosure regarding the fair value of capital lease obligations is not required.

Schedule of future minimum lease payments under capital lease obligations

		Amount
		(In thousands)
For the Years Ending December 31,
2014		$	144,020
2015			90,022
2016			87,965
2017			87,965
2018			87,807
Thereafter			433,583
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Total minimum lease payments			931,362
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			(276,007	)
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Net minimum lease payments			655,355
Less: Amount representing interest			(234,555	)
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Present value of net minimum lease payments			420,800
Less: Current portion			(68,360	)
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Long-term portion of capital lease obligations		$	352,440
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Tabular disclosure of information pertaining to carrying amount and estimated fair value of short-term and long-term debt instruments or arrangements, including but not limited to, identification of terms, features, and collateral requirements.

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Tabular disclosure of future minimum lease payments as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in aggregate and for each of the five years succeeding fiscal years, with separate deductions from the total for the amount representing executor costs, including any profit thereon, included in the minimum lease payments and for the amount of the imputed interest necessary to reduce the net minimum lease payments to present value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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