Investments In Affiliates (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Investments In Affiliates

		September 30,		September 30,
	December 31,
	2011		2010
Telesat Holdings Inc.	$	377,244	$	295,797
XTAR, LLC		68,991		65,293
Other		—		1,466
	$	446,235	$	362,556

Equity In Net Income (Losses) Of Affiliates

		September 30,			September 30,			September 30,
	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
Telesat Holdings Inc.	$	114,476		$	92,798		$	213,241
XTAR, LLC		(6,681	)		(6,991	)		(2,743	)
Other		(1,466	)		(182	)		(200	)
	$	106,329		$	85,625		$	210,298

Effect Of Affiliate Transactions On Operating Statement

		September 30,			September 30,			September 30,
	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
Revenues	$	139,960		$	137,244		$	92,144
Elimination of Loral's proportionate share of profits relating to affiliate transactions		(18,498	)		(14,734	)		(10,071	)
Profits relating to affiliate transactions not eliminated		10,411			8,294			5,671

Telesat Holdings Inc. [Member]

Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Data

The following table presents summary financial data for Telesat in accordance with U.S. GAAP, as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 (in thousands):

		September 30,			September 30,			September 30,
	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
Statement of Operations Data:
Revenues	$	817,269		$	797,283		$	691,566
Operating expenses		(188,119	)		(190,632	)		(203,417	)
Depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation		(248,012	)		(249,318	)		(230,176	)
Gain on insurance proceeds		136,507			—			—
Impairment of intangible assets		(1,112	)		—			—
(Loss) gain on disposition of long-lived assets		(1,499	)		3,714			29,311
Operating income		515,034			361,047			287,284
Interest expense		(220,598	)		(234,556	)		(227,986	)
Foreign exchange (losses) gains		(80,991	)		159,191			439,160
Gains (losses) on financial instruments		50,731			(76,937	)		(148,954	)
Other income (expense)		1,964			619			(764	)
Income tax expense		(65,271	)		(41,177	)		(2,185	)
Net income		200,869			168,187			346,555

		September 30,		September 30,
	Year Ended December 31,
	2011		2010
Balance Sheet Data:
Current assets	$	351,802	$	291,367
Total assets		5,347,174		5,309,441
Current liabilities		289,351		294,485
Long-term debt, including current portion		2,817,857		2,928,916
Total liabilities		4,045,619		4,145,336
Redeemable preferred stock		138,485		141,718
Shareholders' equity		1,163,070		1,022,387

XTAR, LLC [Member]

Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Data

The following table presents summary financial data for XTAR as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2011 (in thousands):

Statement of Operations Data:

		September 30,			September 30,			September 30,
	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
Revenues	$	37,055		$	37,907		$	32,038
Operating expenses		(34,734	)		(35,724	)		(34,594	)
Depreciation and amortization		(9,617	)		(9,618	)		(9,618	)
Operating loss		(7,296	)		(7,435	)		(12,174	)
Gain on settlement of Arianespace incentive cap		—			—			11,668
Net loss		(11,882	)		(12,435	)		(4,849	)

		September 30,		September 30,
	December 31,
	2011		2010
Balance Sheet Data:
Current assets	$	10,558	$	9,290
Total assets		88,033		96,383
Current liabilities		45,704		61,839
Total liabilities		54,614		69,616
Members' equity		33,419		26,767