Debt (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended				0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jan. 31, 2013 Geo Eye Inc	Sep. 30, 2013 2013 Credit Facility	Sep. 30, 2013 2013 Credit Facility Minimum	Sep. 30, 2013 2013 Credit Facility Maximum	Sep. 30, 2013 2013 Credit Facility LIBOR	Jan. 31, 2013 2013 Credit Facility Senior Secured Term Loan Facility	Jan. 31, 2013 2013 Credit Facility Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility	Jan. 31, 2013 2011 Credit Facility	Mar. 31, 2013 2011 Credit Facility	Oct. 12, 2011 2011 Credit Facility Senior Secured Term Loan Facility	Oct. 12, 2011 2011 Credit Facility Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility	Sep. 30, 2013 Senior Notes	Jan. 31, 2013 Senior Notes	Sep. 30, 2013 Senior Notes On or after February 1, 2017	Jan. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Prior to February 1,2017	Sep. 30, 2013 Senior Notes Prior to February 1,2017	Sep. 30, 2013 Senior Notes Prior to February 1, 2016	Jan. 31, 2013 2013 Credit Facility and Senior Notes	Jan. 31, 2013 Senior Secured Notes due 2015 Geo Eye Inc	Jan. 31, 2013 Senior Secured Notes due 2016 Geo Eye Inc
Debt
Debt instrument maturity period								7 years	5 years			7 years	5 years
Maximum borrowing capacity								$ 550,000,000	$ 150,000,000			$ 500,000,000	$ 100,000,000
Frequency of principal payments				quarterly
Amount of principal payments				1,375,000
Interest rate margin (as a percent)							2.75%
Interest rate basis floor (as a percent)							1.00%
Reduced interest rate margin at or below EBITDA threshold (as a percent)							2.50%
EBITDA threshold for reduced margin							2.5
Commitment fee percentage					0.375%	0.50%
Senior notes issued															600,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)														5.25%							9.625%	8.625%
Beginning date of redemption period																Feb. 01, 2017
End date of redemption period																		Feb. 01, 2017	Feb. 01, 2016
Redemption price as a percentage of principal value																102.625%
Redemption price as a percentage of principal value, before "make whole" premium																	100.00%
Percentage of principal redeemable with proceeds from sale of stock																			35.00%
Redemption price as a percentage of principal value using proceeds from sale of stock																			105.25%
Redemption price as a percentage of principal value if change of control occurs														101.00%
Payment for underwriting and other fees and expenses																				41,200,000
Payment included in loss on extinguishment of debt			55,300,000																	5,000,000
Payment capitalized as debt issuance costs	36,200,000	36,200,000																		36,200,000
Long-term debt (excluding interest payments)
2013		1,400,000
2014		5,500,000
2015		5,500,000
2016		5,500,000
2017		5,500,000
Thereafter		1,123,900,000
Total		1,147,300,000
Face value of debt redeemed			525,000,000																		400,000,000	125,000,000
Unamortized debt discount										12,500,000
Deferred financing cost										7,800,000
Percentage of outstanding debt before modification held by common debt holders										33.00%
Unamortized debt discount and deferred financing costs allocated to new credit facility upon modification										7,500,000
Loss from early extinguishment of debt		(17,800,000)									17,800,000
Write-off of debt issuance costs and debt discounts		$ 12,800,000									$ 12,800,000