Investments In Affiliates (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Investments In Affiliates

	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Telesat Holdings Inc.	$	9,723	$	377,244
XTAR, LLC		68,480		68,991
	$	78,203	$	446,235

Equity In Net Income (Losses) Of Affiliates

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012			2011
Telesat Holdings Inc.	$	7,380		$	48,022
XTAR, LLC		(511	)		(1,764	)
Other		—			(12	)
	$	6,869		$	46,246

Effect Of Affiliate Transactions On Operating Statement

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012			2011
Revenues	$	24,156		$	42,251
Elimination of Loral's proportionate share of profits relating to affiliate transactions		(6,841	)		(7,320	)
Profits relating to affiliate transactions not eliminated		3,848			4,119

Telesat Holdings Inc. [Member]

Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Data

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012			2011
Statement of Operations Data:
Revenues	$	196,023		$	205,722
Operating expenses		(83,740	)		(46,775	)
Depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation		(60,488	)		(62,191	)
Loss on disposition of long lived assets		(58	)		(759	)
Operating income		51,737			95,997
Interest expense		(51,690	)		(56,312	)
Expense of refinancing		(21,862	)		—
Foreign exchange gains		62,490			83,330
Losses on financial instruments		(26,425	)		(29,723	)
Other income		724			1,096
Income tax benefit (provision)		2,429			(15,725	)
Net income		17,403			78,663

	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Balance Sheet Data:
Current assets	$	301,849	$	351,802
Total assets		5,420,132		5,347,174
Current liabilities		302,995		289,351
Long-term debt, including current portion		3,312,120		2,817,857
Promissory note		143,596		—
Total liabilities		4,800,054		4,045,619
Redeemable preferred stock		—		138,485
Shareholders' equity		620,078		1,163,070

XTAR, LLC [Member]

Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Data

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012			2011
Statement of Operations Data:
Revenues	$	7,851		$	8,870
Operating expenses		(8,324	)		(8,504	)
Depreciation and amortization		(2,405	)		(2,405	)
Operating loss		(2,878	)		(2,039	)
Net loss		(3,671	)		(3,137	)

	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Balance Sheet Data:
Current assets	$	9,509	$	10,558
Total assets		84,580		88,033
Current liabilities		45,730		45,704
Total liabilities		54,832		54,614
Members' equity		29,748		33,419