Interest Costs

We capitalized a portion of the interest on funds borrowed as part of the cost of constructing our satellites and related launch vehicles. We capitalized interest associated with our FM-6 satellite and related launch vehicle. We also incurred interest costs on our debt instruments and on our satellite incentive agreements. The following is a summary of our interest costs:



	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Interest costs charged to expense	$	75,416	$	54,629	$	197,029	$	150,531
Interest costs capitalized	70		7,915		480		23,923
Total interest costs incurred	$	75,486	$	62,544	$	197,509	$	174,454

Included in interest costs incurred is non-cash interest expense, consisting of amortization related to original issue discounts, premiums and deferred financing fees, of $5,736 and $5,574 for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $16,515 and $16,506 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.