Related Party Transactions - Dish Network - Other Agreements (Details) - shares	1 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019	May 31, 2019
Common Class A \| DISH Network
Related party transactions
Entity shares issued per acquiree share (in shares)	0.23523769	0.23523769

Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued And Issuable, Entity Shares Issued Per Acquiree Share

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