Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Revenues:
Service revenues	$ 14,426	$ 13,890
Product sales	4,924	2,830
Total revenues	19,350	16,720
Cost of revenues, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below:
Cost of services	5,070	4,737
Cost of product sales	4,027	2,103
Gross profit	10,253	9,880
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative	6,806	6,077
Product development	679	786
Depreciation and amortization	1,799	1,258
Acquisition-related costs	1,184	404
(Loss) income from operations	(215)	1,355
Other (expense) income:
Interest income	2	17
Other expense	(16)	(11)
Interest expense	(2)	(46)
Total other (expense) income	(16)	(40)
(Loss) income before income taxes	(231)	1,315
Income taxes	173	145
Net (loss) income	(404)	1,170
Less: Net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests	27	62
Net (loss) income attributable to ORBCOMM Inc.	(431)	1,108
Net (loss) income attributable to ORBCOMM Inc. common stockholders	$ (441)	$ 1,092
Per share information-basic:
Net (loss) income attributable to ORBCOMM Inc. common stockholders	$ (0.01)	$ 0.02
Per share information-diluted:
Net (loss) income attributable to ORBCOMM Inc. common stockholders	$ (0.01)	$ 0.02
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	53,213	46,837
Diluted	53,213	48,143