Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Debt and Capital Lease Obligations.

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

		As of December 31,
		2012					2011
	Interest	Carrying			Fair		Carrying			Fair
	Rates	Amount			Value		Amount			Value
		(In thousands)
Senior Secured Notes	6.500%	$	1,100,000		$	1,210,000	$	1,100,000		$	1,138,500
Senior Notes	7.625%	900,000			1,026,450		900,000			936,000
Other	5.50 - 15.75%	2,041			2,041		1,036			1,036
Subtotal		2,002,041			$	2,238,491	2,001,036			$	2,075,536
Capital lease obligations (1)		486,458					527,618
Total debt and capital lease obligations			2,488,499					2,528,654
Less: Current portion		(67,706		)			(64,474		)
Long-term portion of debt and capital lease obligations		$	2,420,793				$	2,464,180

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

Future minimum lease payments under capital lease obligations

	Amount
	(In thousands)
For the Years Ending December 31,
2013	$	148,937
2014	153,947
2015	87,899
2016	87,682
2017	87,711
Thereafter	514,015
Total minimum lease payments	1,080,191
Less: Amount representing lease of the orbital location and estimated executory costs (primarily insurance and maintenance) including profit thereon, included in total minimum lease payments	(313,000		)
Net minimum lease payments	767,191
Less: Amount representing interest	(280,733		)
Present value of net minimum lease payments	486,458
Less: Current portion	(66,048		)
Long-term portion of capital lease obligations	$	420,410