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Operating Expenses
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Operating Expenses [Abstract]  
OPERATING EXPENSES

5. OPERATING EXPENSES

 

Three months ended
September 30,

 

Nine months ended
September 30,

   

2025

 

2024

 

2025

 

2024

Compensation and employee benefits(a)

 

$

22,439

 

$

22,085

 

$

70,065

 

$

75,756

Other operating expenses(b)

 

 

30,641

 

 

17,636

 

 

75,551

 

 

45,572

Cost of sales(c)

 

 

4,772

 

 

6,214

 

 

15,834

 

 

28,002

Operating expenses

 

$

57,852

 

$

45,935

 

$

161,450

 

$

149,330

(a)      Compensation and employee benefits included salaries, bonuses, commissions, post-employment benefits and charges arising from share-based compensation.

(b)      Other operating expenses included general and administrative expenses, marketing expenses, in-orbit insurance expenses, professional fees and facility costs. The balance for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 included $0.5 million and $1.5 million of leases not capitalized due to exemptions and variable lease payments not included in the measurement of the lease liabilities (three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 — $0.4 million and $1.5 million).

(c)      Cost of sales included the cost of third-party satellite capacity, the cost of equipment sales and other costs directly attributable to fulfilling the Company’s obligations under customer contracts.