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Interest Costs
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Interest Costs Disclosure [Abstract]  
Interest Costs
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.