Consolidated Statements of Change in Shareholders’ Equity - USD ($) $ in Millions	Common Stock DigitalGlobe	Common Stock Neptec	Common Stock	Additional paid in capital	Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit)	Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	Noncontrolling interest	DigitalGlobe	Neptec	Total
Balance at the beginning of period at Dec. 31, 2015			$ 455	$ 31	$ 144	$ 169	$ 1			$ 800
Balance at the beginning of period (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015			36,227,952
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders’ Equity
Cumulative-effect of IFRS to U.S. GAAP conversion					(64)	(33)				(97)
Common shares issued under employee share purchase plan			$ 4							4
Common shares issued under employee share purchase plan (in shares)			66,466
Common shares issued upon vesting or exercise of stock-based compensation awards			$ 7	(7)
Common shares issued upon vesting or exercise of stock-based compensation awards (shares)			83,860
Equity-classified stock-based compensation expense				7						7
Dividends ($1.12, $1.13, and $1.15 per common share for 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively					(41)					(41)
Comprehensive income (loss)					68	(13)				55
Balance at the end of period at Dec. 31, 2016			$ 466	31	107	123	1			728
Balance at the end of period (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2016			36,378,278
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders’ Equity
Common shares issued as part of acquisition	$ 1,071							$ 1,071
Common shares issued as part of acquisition (in shares)	19,644,240
Common shares issued under employee share purchase plan			$ 5							5
Common shares issued under employee share purchase plan (in shares)			83,453
Common shares issued upon vesting or exercise of stock-based compensation awards			$ 8	(8)
Common shares issued upon vesting or exercise of stock-based compensation awards (shares)			105,595
Issuance of replacement equity-classified awards pursuant to acquisition				16						16
Equity-classified stock-based compensation expense				12						12
Dividends ($1.12, $1.13, and $1.15 per common share for 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively					(47)					(47)
Comprehensive income (loss)					58	(10)				48
Balance at the end of period at Dec. 31, 2017			$ 1,550	51	118	113	1			$ 1,833
Balance at the end of period (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2017			56,211,566							56,200,000
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders’ Equity
Common shares issued as part of dissenting shareholders			$ 111							$ 111
Common shares issued as part of dissenting shareholders (in shares)			2,234,652
Common shares issued as part of acquisition		$ 25							$ 25
Common shares issued as part of acquisition (in shares)		488,097
Common shares issued under employee share purchase plan			$ 3							3
Common shares issued under employee share purchase plan (in shares)			102,076
Common shares issued upon vesting or exercise of stock-based compensation awards			$ 24	(24)
Common shares issued upon vesting or exercise of stock-based compensation awards (shares)			344,255
Reclassification of liability classified stock-based compensation awards to equity-settled				1						1
Equity-classified stock-based compensation expense				31						31
Dividends ($1.12, $1.13, and $1.15 per common share for 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively					(65)					(65)
Comprehensive income (loss)					(1,264)	(31)				(1,295)
Balance at the end of period at Dec. 31, 2018			$ 1,713	$ 59	$ (1,211)	$ 82	$ 1			$ 644
Balance at the end of period (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018			59,380,646							59,400,000