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Property and Equipment (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of property and equipment

Property and equipment consists of the following (in thousands): 

			As of:
			September 30, 2023						December 31, 2022
Globalstar System:
Space component			$	1,230,433					$	1,246,343
Ground component			98,966						102,567
Construction in progress:
Space component			213,414						110,068
Ground component			12,718						5,316
Other			11,233						9,167
Total Globalstar System			1,566,764						1,473,461
Internally developed and purchased software			23,324						22,509
Equipment			10,630						8,042
Land and buildings			2,601						1,681
Leasehold improvements			2,083						2,083
Total property and equipment			1,605,402						1,507,776
Accumulated depreciation			(992,491)						(947,405)
Total property and equipment, net			$	612,911					$	560,371

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Tabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-SubTopic 10
-Topic 360
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482099/360-10-50-1

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