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Debt - Redemption Rights (Details)		12 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Percentage of outstanding amount, offer to purchase		101.00%
Long-term Debt [Member] | Senior secured notes due June 01, 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage		100.00%
Redemption period	12 months
Long-term Debt [Member] | Senior secured notes due June 01, 2025 [Member] | 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage		105.00%
Long-term Debt [Member] | Senior secured notes due June 01, 2025 [Member] | 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage		102.50%
Long-term Debt [Member] | Senior secured notes due June 01, 2025 [Member] | 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage		101.25%
Long-term Debt [Member] | Senior secured notes due June 01, 2025 [Member] | 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage		100.00%

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 470
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph e
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=75038535&loc=d3e64711-112823

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