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Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share - Performance based stock (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2020 shares	Sep. 30, 2022 employee $ / shares shares
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share
Number of stock options outstanding (in shares)	15,060,879			13
Number of employees \| employee				700
Options Outstanding, Weighted-Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 30.37	$ 34.95		$ 20.00
Anti-dilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share	71,633,000	68,896,000	74,270,000
Common stock warrants
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share
Strike price of the warrants \| $ / shares	$ 86.08
Long-Term Performance Based Plans
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share
Number of stock options outstanding (in shares)	984,608
Options Outstanding, Weighted-Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 20.84
Percentage of award vested	75.00%	69.00%
LTIP 2013
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share
Number of stock options outstanding (in shares)	783,500
Options Outstanding, Weighted-Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 40.77
LTIP 2017
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share
Number of stock options outstanding (in shares)	1,689,380
Options Outstanding, Weighted-Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 56.95
Ergen 2020 Performance Award
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share
Percentage of award vested	20.00%
Anti-dilutive stock awards
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share
Anti-dilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share	9,437,000	7,582,000	9,083,000
Performance/market based options
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share
Anti-dilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share	15,061,000	13,954,000	17,403,000
Restricted Performance Units/Awards
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share
Anti-dilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share	1,106,000	1,331,000	1,755,000
Common stock warrants
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share
Anti-dilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share	46,029,000	46,029,000	46,029,000