Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets

Schedule of depreciation and amortization expense

	For the Three Months				For the Six Months
	Ended June 30,				Ended June 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
	(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	$	192,598	$	163,474	$	359,810	$	315,917
Satellites	33,866		38,616		67,732		72,453
Buildings, furniture, fixtures, equipment and other (1)	74,010		29,253		107,259		51,671
148 degree orbital location	—		67,776		—		67,776
Total depreciation and amortization	$	300,474	$	299,119	$	534,801	$	507,817

(1) During the second quarter 2013, we ceased operations of our TerreStar MSS business.  As a result, we accelerated the depreciable lives of certain assets designed to support this business and the remaining net book value of $53 million was fully depreciated in the second quarter 2013.

Schedule of identifiable intangibles subject to amortization

	As of
	June 30, 2013					December 31, 2012
	Intangible		Accumulated			Intangible		Accumulated
	Assets		Amortization			Assets		Amortization
	(In thousands)
Technology-based	$	35,078	$	(9,182	)	$	39,066	$	(8,345	)
Trademarks	18,236		(5,199		)	18,236		(3,907		)
Contract-based	11,283		(10,515		)	11,275		(10,127		)
Customer relationships	6,974		(6,710		)	6,974		(5,736		)
Total	$	71,571	$	(31,606	)	$	75,551	$	(28,115	)

Schedule of estimated future amortization of identifiable intangible assets

Estimated future amortization of our identifiable intangible assets as of June 30, 2013 is as follows (in thousands):

For the Years Ended December 31,
2013 (remaining six months)	$	5,269
2014	9,871
2015	9,150
2016	8,362
2017	3,138
Thereafter	4,175
Total	$	39,965