Revenues - Disaggregation of revenues from significant customers (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Revenue
Revenues	$ 419	$ 405
U.S. Federal Government and agencies
Revenue
Revenues	243	232
Commercial and other
Revenue
Revenues	$ 176	$ 173
Revenue | Customer concentration risk | Customer B
Revenue
Concentration risk, percentage		11.00%
Space Infrastructure | Revenue | Customer concentration risk | Customer A
Revenue
Concentration risk, percentage	13.00%
Operating Segments | Earth intelligence
Revenue
Revenues	$ 243	$ 251
Operating Segments | Earth intelligence | U.S. Federal Government and agencies
Revenue
Revenues	168	169
Operating Segments | Earth intelligence | Commercial and other
Revenue
Revenues	75	82
Operating Segments | Space Infrastructure
Revenue
Revenues	195	177
Operating Segments | Space Infrastructure | U.S. Federal Government and agencies
Revenue
Revenues	75	63
Operating Segments | Space Infrastructure | Commercial and other
Revenue
Revenues	120	114
Intersegment eliminations
Revenue
Revenues	(19)	(23)
Intersegment eliminations | Commercial and other
Revenue
Revenues	(19)	(23)
Intersegment eliminations | Space Infrastructure
Revenue
Revenues	$ 19	$ 23