Subsequent Events (Details) - Subsidiaries - Subsequent Event	May 31, 2019
Contribution of Satellite Communication Services \| Yahsat
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Ownership interest in subsidiary	20.00%
Scenario, Forecast \| Contribution of Very Small Aperture Terminal Telecommunications Services and Hardware \| Bharti
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Ownership interest in subsidiary	33.00%

The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=114001798&loc=d3e33918-111571

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