Revenues - Disaggregation of revenues from significant customers (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Revenue
Revenues	$ 405	$ 392
U.S. Federal Government and agencies
Revenue
Revenues	232	237
Commercial and other
Revenue
Revenues	173	155
Intersegment eliminations
Revenue
Revenues	(23)	(13)
Intersegment eliminations | Commercial and other
Revenue
Revenues	(23)	(13)
Earth intelligence | Operating Segments
Revenue
Revenues	251	250
Earth intelligence | Operating Segments | U.S. Federal Government and agencies
Revenue
Revenues	169	171
Earth intelligence | Operating Segments | Commercial and other
Revenue
Revenues	$ 82	$ 79
Space Infrastructure | Commercial customer | Revenue | Customer concentration risk
Revenue
Concentration risk, percentage	11.00%	19.00%
Space Infrastructure | Operating Segments
Revenue
Revenues	$ 177	$ 155
Space Infrastructure | Operating Segments | U.S. Federal Government and agencies
Revenue
Revenues	63	66
Space Infrastructure | Operating Segments | Commercial and other
Revenue
Revenues	114	89
Space Infrastructure | Intersegment eliminations
Revenue
Revenues	$ 23	$ 13