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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Commitments and Contingencies

Summary of contractual obligations

		Payments due in the Year Ending December 31,
		Total			2014			2015			2016			2017			2018			Thereafter
		(In thousands)
Long-term debt obligations		$	2,001,588		$	1,431		$	150		$	7		$	—		$	—		$	2,000,000
Capital lease obligations			420,800			68,360			28,005			29,074			32,414			35,949			226,998
Interest expense on long-term debt and capital lease obligations			1,143,017			180,475			175,822			172,990			169,863			166,378			277,489
Satellite-related obligations			1,106,738			466,992			236,438			68,222			52,414			45,914			236,758
Operating lease obligations			71,170			22,143			18,589			12,918			8,460			2,830			6,230
Purchase and other obligations			212,108			207,107			1,667			1,667			1,667			—			—
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Total		$	4,955,421		$	946,508		$	460,671		$	284,878		$	264,818		$	251,071		$	2,747,475
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Tabular disclosure of the aggregate amount of payments due on known contractual obligations for the five years following the date of the latest balance sheet and the combined aggregate amount of maturities of known contractual obligations.

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