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Revenue - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | $ 223,808 | $ 148,504 | $ 124,297
Service revenue |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 204,196 | 132,068 | 106,464
Service revenue | United States |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 170,621 | 99,735 | 75,053
Service revenue | Canada |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 16,058 | 17,421 | 17,913
Service revenue | Europe |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 6,856 | 6,428 | 7,300
Service revenue | Central and South America |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 9,978 | 7,961 | 5,447
Service revenue | Others |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 683 | 523 | 751
Duplex |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 25,932 | 29,222 | 31,197
SPOT |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 44,184 | 45,670 | 46,040
Commercial IoT |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 22,867 | 19,516 | 17,951
Wholesale capacity services |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | $ 6,500 | 109,067 | 34,913 | 8,945
Engineering and other services |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 2,146 | 2,747 | 2,331
Subscriber equipment sales |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 19,612 | 16,436 | 17,833
Subscriber equipment sales | United States |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 8,599 | 7,981 | 10,238
Subscriber equipment sales | Canada |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 5,153 | 4,740 | 3,029
Subscriber equipment sales | Europe |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 2,985 | 1,870 | 2,018
Subscriber equipment sales | Central and South America |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 2,863 | 1,793 | 2,487
Subscriber equipment sales | Others |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 12 | 52 | 61
SPOT |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 7,724 | 5,888 | 9,427
Commercial IoT |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | 11,866 | 10,132 | 7,169
Other |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | $ 22 | $ 416 | $ 1,237

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