Long-Term Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Long-Term Debt

Schedule of carrying and fair values of the entity's debt facilities

	As of
	March 31, 2014				December 31, 2013
	Carrying				Carrying
	Value		Fair Value		Value		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
6 5/8% Senior Notes due 2014 (1)	$	1,000,000	$	1,026,880	$	1,000,000	$	1,040,200
7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2015	750,000		804,563		750,000		813,750
7 1/8% Senior Notes due 2016	1,500,000		1,642,500		1,500,000		1,657,500
4 5/8% Senior Notes due 2017	900,000		957,600		900,000		946,962
4 1/4% Senior Notes due 2018	1,200,000		1,253,400		1,200,000		1,221,792
7 7/8% Senior Notes due 2019	1,400,000		1,659,700		1,400,000		1,603,000
5 1/8% Senior Notes due 2020	1,100,000		1,144,121		1,100,000		1,104,950
6 3/4% Senior Notes due 2021	2,000,000		2,249,500		2,000,000		2,122,500
5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2022	2,000,000		2,143,400		2,000,000		1,997,500
5 % Senior Notes due 2023	1,500,000		1,507,200		1,500,000		1,458,090
Mortgages and other notes payable (2)	15,656		15,656		59,313		59,313
Subtotal	13,365,656		$	14,404,520	13,409,313		$	14,025,557
Capital lease obligations (3)	213,208		NA		219,902		NA
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations (including current portion)	$	13,578,864			$	13,629,215

(1) Our 6 5/8% Senior Notes with an aggregate principal balance of $1.0 billion mature on October 1, 2014.

(2) On February 20, 2014, we entered into the Satellite and Tracking Stock Transaction, which resulted in a decrease in “Mortgages and other notes payable” of $44 million related to the in-orbit incentive obligations associated with the Transferred Satellites.  See Note 1 and Note 10 for further discussion.

(3) Disclosure regarding fair value of capital leases is not required.