v3.22.4

Trade and other receivables, net - Orbital receivables (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended		24 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) customer
Trade and other receivables
Orbital receivables, net	$ 307	$ 368	$ 307
Allowance for expected credit losses
Change in allowance for expected credit losses related to non-current orbital receivables	$ 0
Reversals		$ 49
Accounts Receivable \| Credit Concentration Risk
Trade and other receivables
Number of customers \| customer			13
Accounts Receivable \| Credit Concentration Risk \| Largest Customer
Trade and other receivables
Concentration risk, percentage	33.00%	30.00%
Jupiter 3 Satellite
Trade and other receivables
Reduction in outstanding receivables, expected orbital payments	$ 42
SXM 7 Satellite
Trade and other receivables
Reduction in outstanding receivables, final milestone		$ 15
Reduction in outstanding receivables, expected orbital payments		$ 14

The amount of increase (decrease) during the reporting period in the orbital receivables for expected orbital payments.

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- Definition

The amount of increase (decrease) during the reporting period in the orbital receivables for expected orbital payments.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

Represents the number of customers.

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- Definition

The amount of non current portion of orbital receivables.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

Amount of recovery of loans and lease receivables which had previously been fully or partially written-off as bad debts.

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- Definition

Amount of increase (decrease) of allowance reserve for credit loss.

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- Definition

For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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- Definition

A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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