Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Revenues:
Service revenues	$ 26,914	$ 23,774
Product sales	16,646	18,556
Total revenues	43,560	42,330
Cost of revenues, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below:
Cost of services	9,188	7,704
Cost of product sales	11,450	13,948
Gross profit	22,922	20,678
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative	11,756	11,441
Product development	1,957	1,608
Depreciation and amortization	8,959	6,455
Acquisition - related and integration costs	364	2,451
Loss from operations	(114)	(1,277)
Other income (expense):
Interest income	88	71
Other (expense) income	(190)	188
Interest expense	(1,699)	(1,242)
Total other income (expense)	(1,801)	(983)
Loss before income taxes	(1,915)	(2,260)
Income taxes	162	477
Net loss	(2,077)	(2,737)
Less: Net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests	19	136
Net loss attributable to ORBCOMM Inc.	(2,096)	(2,873)
Net loss attributable to ORBCOMM Inc. common stockholders	$ (2,096)	$ (2,882)
Per share information-basic:
Net loss attributable to ORBCOMM Inc. common stockholders	$ (0.03)	$ (0.04)
Per share information-diluted:
Net loss attributable to ORBCOMM Inc. common stockholders	$ (0.03)	$ (0.04)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	70,700	70,238
Diluted	70,700	70,238