Subsequent Events (Details) - Subsequent Event - NETC II $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares
IPO
Subsequent Events
Units issued	30,500,000
Price per unit \| $ / shares	$ 10.00
Proceeds from units issued \| $	$ 305.0
Private Placement
Subsequent Events
Warrants issued	9,540,000
Proceeds from issuance of warrants \| $	$ 9.5
Private Placement \| Officers and Employees
Subsequent Events
Warrants issued	4,348,000

The cash inflow from the issuance of units.

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Per unit amount received for each unit issued.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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The cash inflow from issuance of rights to purchase common shares at predetermined price (usually issued together with corporate debt).

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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