Lease and Transponder Service Agreements (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Leases [Abstract]

Lease, Cost [Table Text Block]

The components of lease cost for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, were as follows:

	Three months ended September 30,			Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)	2020		2019	2020	2019
Finance lease cost
Depreciation of leased assets	$	5	6	15	16
Interest on lease liabilities	2		2	6	6
Total finance lease cost	7		8	21	22
Operating lease cost	9		8	29	22
Total lease cost	$	16	16	50	44

Weighted average lease term and discount rate [Table Text Block]

The remaining weighted-average lease term and the weighted-average discount rate were as follows:

	September 30, 2020
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years):
Finance leases	8.7
Operating leases	11.5
Weighted-average discount rate:
Finance leases	5.1	%
Operating leases	6.0	%

Leases, Supplemental Balance Sheet Information [Table Text Block]

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:

(in millions)	September 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Operating Leases:
Operating lease right-of-use assets	$	216	214
Accrued liabilities	$	23	28
Other long-term liabilities	192		190
Total operating lease liabilities	$	215	218
Finance Leases:
Property and equipment	$	272	282
Accumulated depreciation	(132)		(129)
Property and equipment, net	$	140	153
Current portion of debt and finance lease obligations	$	18	18
Long-term portion of debt and finance lease obligations	152		163
Total finance lease liabilities	$	170	181

Leases, Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Table Text Block]

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:

	Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)	2020		2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating lease	$	33	18
Operating cash flows from finance leases	6		6
Financing cash flows from finance leases	14		17
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:
Operating leases	22		150
Finance leases	$	—	—

Future minimum lease payments [Table Text Block]

Future payments under noncancelable operating leases and finance leases with initial terms of one year or more as of September 30, 2020 consisted of the following:

(in millions)	Finance leases		Operating leases	Total leases
Remainder of 2020	$	7	10	17
2021	26		32	58
2022	25		28	53
2023	25		25	50
2024	23		23	46
Thereafter	109		185	294
Total lease payments	215		303	518
Less: imputed interest	(45)		(88)	(133)
Total lease liabilities	$	170	215	385