Related Party Transactions (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Schedule of Related Party Transactions

Information related to satellite construction contracts between SS/L and Telesat for the period when we owned SS/L is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2012		September 30, 2012
Revenues (included in income from discontinued operations) from Telesat satellite construction contracts	$	9,383	$	56,095
Milestone payments received from Telesat		17,626		51,931