Basis of Presentation - Additional Information (Detail)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($) Segment shares	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($)
Company And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Revenue, practical expedient, financing component					true
Cash dividends	$ 155,700,000
Company's share of dividend					$ 96,000,000
Reduction to noncontrolling interest			$ 59,700,000		59,695,000
Remaining performance obligations		$ 4,000,000,000			$ 4,000,000,000
Number of reportable segments | Segment					2
Collections in excess of revenues and deferred revenues, recognized revenue		59,700,000		$ 57,300,000	$ 237,500,000	$ 203,500,000
Capitalized interest expense		61,300,000		59,400,000	$ 176,900,000	164,600,000
Operating lease, existence of option to terminate					true
Operating lease, option to terminate, description					some of which include renewal options, and some of which include options to terminate the leases within one year.
Total capitalized costs related to patents		144,200,000			$ 144,200,000		$ 129,400,000
Accumulated amortization of patents, orbital slots and other licenses		20,600,000			20,600,000		10,200,000
Patents, orbital slots and other licenses amortization expense		3,700,000			10,500,000	1,300,000
Debt issuance costs capitalized					0	35,600,000
Self-insurance liability		5,500,000			5,500,000		5,900,000
Repurchase and immediate retirement of treasury shares pursuant to vesting of certain RSU agreements | value		8,523,000		2,813,000	15,147,000	5,208,000
Stock-based compensation expense					58,928,000	63,468,000
Continuing Operations [Member]
Company And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense		24,100,000		$ 21,500,000	$ 58,900,000	$ 63,500,000
Accounting Standards Update 2023-06 [Member]
Company And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Description of new accounting pronouncements					In October 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU 2023-06, Disclosure Improvements: Codification Amendments in Response to the SEC’s Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative. This ASU amends certain disclosure and presentation requirements for a variety of topics within the FASB ASC. These amendments will also align the requirements in the ASC with the SEC's regulations. The effective date for each amended topic in the ASC is the date on which the SEC’s removal of the related disclosure requirement from Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K becomes effective, and will not be effective if the SEC has not removed the applicable disclosure requirements by June 30, 2027. Early adoption is prohibited. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
Accounting Standards Update 2023-07 [Member]
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Description of new accounting pronouncements					In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. This ASU requires public entities to enhance disclosures about their reportable segments' significant expenses on an interim and annual basis. The Company adopted the new guidance for annual disclosures in fiscal year 2025 and for interim disclosures in the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 on a retrospective basis. See Note 10 — Segment Information for additional information.
Accounting Standards Update 2023-09 [Member]
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Description of new accounting pronouncements					In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. ASU 2023-09 enhances annual income tax disclosures by requiring disclosure of specific categories in the income tax rate reconciliation table and disaggregation of income taxes paid. The new standard will become effective for the Company's annual disclosures beginning in fiscal year 2026. Early adoption is permitted and the new standard should be applied prospectively, however retrospective application is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
Accounting Standards Update 2024-02 [Member]
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Description of new accounting pronouncements					In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-02, Codification Improvements – Amendments to Remove References to the Concepts Statements. This update contains amendments to the Codification that remove references to various Concepts Statements. The amendments in this update are not intended to result in significant accounting changes for most entities. The Company adopted the new guidance on a prospective basis in the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 and the guidance did not have an impact on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
Accounting Standards Update 2024-03 [Member]
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Description of new accounting pronouncements					In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This ASU requires additional disclosures about certain categories of costs and expenses in the notes to financial statements. As clarified in ASU 2025-01, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date, the new standard will become effective for the Company’s annual disclosures beginning in fiscal year 2028 and for interim disclosures beginning in fiscal year 2029. Early adoption is permitted and the amendments should be applied either prospectively to financial statements issued for reporting periods after the effective date of the ASU or retrospectively to any or all periods presented in the financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
Accounting Standards Update 2025-04 [Member]
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Description of new accounting pronouncements					In May 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-04, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718) and Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Clarifications to Share-Based Consideration Payable to a Customer. The purpose of this ASU is to reduce diversity in practice and improve the decision usefulness and operability of the guidance for share-based consideration payable to a customer in conjunction with selling goods or services. The new standard will become effective for the Company's interim and annual disclosures beginning in fiscal year 2028. Early adoption is permitted and the new guidance should be applied either on a modified retrospective or a retrospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
Accounting Standards Update 2025-05 [Member]
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Description of new accounting pronouncements					In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets. The purpose of this ASU is to allow entities to apply a practical expedient when estimating expected credit losses for current accounts receivable and current contract assets that arise from transactions accounted for under Topic 606. The new standard will become effective for the Company's interim and annual disclosures beginning in fiscal year 2027. Early adoption is permitted and the new guidance should be applied prospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
Accounting Standards Update 2025-06 [Member]
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Description of new accounting pronouncements					In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software. The purpose of this ASU is to modernize the accounting guidance for the costs to develop software for internal use by removing all references to prescriptive and sequential software development project stages and providing further guidance on when an entity is required to start capitalizing eligible costs. The new standard will become effective for the Company's interim and annual disclosures beginning in fiscal year 2029. Early adoption is permitted and the new guidance should be applied either on a prospective transition, a modified transition or a retrospective transition approach. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
Accounting Standards Update 2025-07 [Member]
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Description of new accounting pronouncements					In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-07, Derivative and Hedging (Topic 815) and Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Derivatives Scope Refinements and Scope Clarification for Share-Based Noncash Consideration from a Customer in a Revenue Contract. This ASU expands the scope exception in Topic 815 and clarifies the guidance on share-based noncash consideration from a customer in Topic 606. The new standard will become effective for the Company's interim and annual disclosures beginning in fiscal year 2028. Early adoption is permitted and the new guidance should be applied either on a prospective or a modified retrospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
Accounting Standards Update 2025-08 [Member]
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Description of new accounting pronouncements					In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-08, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Purchased Loans. This ASU expands the population of acquired financial assets subject to the gross-up approach to include purchased seasoned loans. The new standard will become effective for the Company's interim and annual disclosures beginning in fiscal year 2028. Early adoption is permitted and the new guidance should be applied prospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
Accounting Standards Update 2025-09 [Member]
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Description of new accounting pronouncements					In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-09, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Hedge Accounting Improvements. This ASU includes five targeted amendments intended to more closely align hedge accounting with the underlying economics of entities' risk management activities. The new standard will become effective for the Company's interim and annual disclosures beginning in fiscal year 2028. Early adoption is permitted and the new guidance should be applied prospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
Accounting Standards Update 2025-10 [Member]
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Description of new accounting pronouncements					In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-10, Government Grants (Topic 832): Accounting for Government Grants Received by Business Entities. The purpose of this ASU is to reduce diversity in practice by establishing accounting guidance for recognition, measurement and presentation of a government grant received by a business entity. The new standard will become effective for the Company's interim and annual disclosures beginning in fiscal year 2030. Early adoption is permitted and the new guidance should be applied either on a modified prospective, a modified retrospective or a full retrospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
Accounting Standards Update 2025-11 [Member]
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Description of new accounting pronouncements					In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-11, Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow-Scope Improvements. This ASU provides a comprehensive list of interim disclosures that are required by GAAP and clarifies the applicability of Topic 270, as well as a requirement to disclose events since the end of the last annual reporting period that have a material impact on the entity. The new standard will become effective for the Company's interim disclosures beginning in fiscal year 2029. Early adoption is permitted and the new guidance should be applied prospectively or retrospectively to any or all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
Accounting Standards Update 2025-12 [Member]
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Description of new accounting pronouncements					In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-12, Codification Improvements. This ASU includes amendments to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification for a broad range of topics arising from technical corrections, unintended application of the Codification, clarifications, and other minor improvements. These amendments are not expected to have a significant effect on current accounting practice for most entities. The new standard will become effective for the Company's interim and annual reporting periods beginning in fiscal year 2028. Early adoption is permitted on an issue-by-issue basis and the new guidance should be applied prospectively or retrospectively on an issue-by-issue basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
CPE Leased Equipment [Member]
Company And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, equipment and satellites, cost		525,057,000			$ 525,057,000		525,972,000
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		348,500,000			348,500,000		328,000,000
Satellites [Member]
Company And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Reduction to carrying value including capitalized interest								$ 1,670,000,000
Insurance claim receivables								$ 770,000,000
Unfavorable Regulatory Action [Member]
Company And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Accrued reserves		15,100,000			15,100,000		14,800,000
Unfavorable Regulatory Action [Member] | Performance Obligations [Member]
Company And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Accrued reserves		15,100,000			15,100,000		14,800,000
Indemnification Guarantee [Member]
Company And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Accrued reserves		$ 0			$ 0		$ 0
Common Stock [Member]
Company And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Common stock issued based on the vesting terms of certain restricted stock unit agreements | shares		748,425		1,103,337	2,326,477	1,473,495
Common Stock Held in Treasury [Member]
Company And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Shares of common stock outstanding | shares		0			0		0
Repurchase and immediate retirement of treasury shares pursuant to vesting of certain RSU agreements, shares | shares		255,208		378,657	857,852	520,538
Repurchase and immediate retirement of treasury shares pursuant to vesting of certain RSU agreements | value		$ 8,500,000		$ 2,800,000	$ 15,100,000	$ 5,200,000