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Leases and Transponder Service Agreements (Tables)

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Leases and Transponder Service Agreements (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Leases and Transponder Service Agreements [Abstract]  
Future minimum lease payments
Future minimum payments under noncancelable operating leases and capital transponder leases with initial terms of one year or more at March 31, 2015 consisted of the following:
(in millions)
Capital transponders

Operating leases

Remainder of 2015
$
7

14

2016
9

18

2017
10

17

2018
11

15

2019
10

13

Thereafter
23

94

Total
$
70

171