Certain Relationships and Related-Party Transactions (Details Textual) (USD $)	1 Months Ended				1 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2012	Dec. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Apr. 01, 2011	Jan. 31, 2008 Loral - Beam Sharing Agreement [Member]	Jan. 31, 2008 Loral - satellite construction contract [Member]	Jan. 31, 2012 Times Arrow [Member]	Jan. 31, 2012 Executive Vice President [Member]
Certain Relationships and Related-Party Transactions (Textual) [Abstract]
Satellite construction contract price to purchase satellite					$ 57,600,000	$ 209,100,000
Percentage of total costs under the beam sharing agreement for which Loral is responsible					15.00%
Accrued settlement liability		20,500,000	500,000	500,000
Payment received under indemnification agreement	20,000,000
Payment made under indemnification agreement	$ 20,500,000						$ 3,000,000	$ 1,000,000
Executive officer percent equity interest in third party		33.30%