Certain Relationships and Related-Party Transactions (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2011

Certain Relationships and Related-Party Transactions [Abstract]

Schedule of related party balance sheet items

Current payables included in accounts payable, collection in excess of revenues and deferred revenues included in accrued liabilities and long-term payables included in other liabilities as of December 30, 2011 and April 1, 2011 were as follows:

	As of December 30, 2011			As of April 1, 2011
	(In thousands)
Payables, current
Loral – satellite construction contract	$	2,867		$	—
Collections in excess of revenues and deferred revenues
Loral – ordinary course of business			*		1,376
Payables, long-term
Loral – satellite construction contract (estimated in-orbit performance incentives)		20,716			—

* Amounts related to SS/L and Telesat Canada under the ViaSat-1 satellite construction contract, and SS/L and Telesat Canada in the ordinary course of business, were not meaningful.

Revenue and expense

Revenue and expense for the three and nine months ended December 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	December 30, 2011			December 31, 2010			December 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(In thousands)
Revenue
Loral – ordinary course of business	$	2,251		$	1,223		$	3,768	$	1,380
Expense
Telesat Canada – ordinary course of business			*			*		1,986		2,687

* Amounts related to SS/L and Telesat Canada under the ViaSat-1 satellite construction contract, and SS/L and Telesat Canada in the ordinary course of business, were not meaningful.

Cash received and cash paid

Cash received and cash paid during the nine months ended December 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were as follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	December 30, 2011			December 31, 2010
	(In thousands)
Cash received
Loral – Beam Sharing Agreement	$	3,845		$	8,230
Telesat Canada – Beam Sharing Agreement		8,085			—
Loral – ordinary course of business			*		3,876
Telesat Canada – ordinary course of business		2,843			1,166
Cash paid
Loral – satellite construction contract		2,566			23,096
Telesat Canada – ordinary course of business		5,707			6,046

* Amounts related to SS/L and Telesat Canada under the ViaSat-1 satellite construction contract, and SS/L and Telesat Canada in the ordinary course of business, were not meaningful.