Goodwill, Regulatory Authorizations and Other Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Regulatory authorizations and intangible assets
Regulatory authorizations, net	$ 494,253	$ 495,654
Other Intangible Assets
Regulatory authorizations and intangible assets
Other intangible asset accumulated amortization	$ 321,000	$ 317,000

Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16323-109275

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