Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011
Revenues:
Service revenues	$ 55,957		$ 49,026		$ 37,513
Product sales	18,255		15,472		8,793
Total revenues	74,212		64,498		46,306
Costs and expenses:
Costs of services	23,865	[1]	20,355	[1]	15,784	[1]
Costs of product sales	14,064	[1]	10,236	[1]	6,656	[1]
Selling, general and administrative	26,125	[1]	21,853	[1]	20,036	[1]
Product development	2,799	[1]	2,459	[1]	1,237	[1]
Impairment charges-satellite network			9,793	[1]
Insurance recovery-satellite network			(10,000)	[1]
Acquisition-related costs	1,658	[1]	704	[1]	1,608	[1]
Total costs and expenses	68,511	[1]	55,400	[1]	45,321	[1]
Income from operations	5,701		9,098		985
Other income (expense):
Interest income	38		93		147
Other income (expense)	373		96		(197)
Gain on extinguishment of debt, net of expenses			1,062
Interest expense	(58)		(56)		(164)
Total other income (expense)	353		1,195		(214)
Income before income taxes	6,054		10,293		771
Income taxes	1,295		1,390		827
Net income (loss)	4,759		8,903		(56)
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interests	160		161		(38)
Net income (loss) attributable to ORBCOMM Inc.	4,599		8,742		(18)
Net income (loss) attributable to ORBCOMM Inc. common stockholders	$ 4,540		$ 8,673		$ (45)
Per share information-basic:
Net income (loss) attributable to ORBCOMM Inc.	$ 0.10		$ 0.19		$ 0.00
Per share information-diluted:
Net income (loss) attributable to ORBCOMM Inc.	$ 0.09		$ 0.18		$ 0.00
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	47,420,000		46,635,000		44,579,000
Diluted	48,770,000		47,514,000		44,579,000

[1] Stock-based compensation included in costs and expenses: Costs of services $ 303 $ 286 $ 131 Costs of product sales 114 19 8 Selling, general and administrative 2,316 1,346 1,742 Product development 240 150 33 $ 2,973 $ 1,801 $ 1,914