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Debt (Narrative - Finance Lease Obligations) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 renewal_period
Building
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Finance Lease, number of renewal periods	4
Finance lease, renewal term	5 years
Building | Finance Lease Obligations
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Finance lease, period of lease agreement	10 years
Finance lease, imputed annual interest rate	6.39%
Transponder Capacity | Finance Lease Obligations
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Finance lease, imputed annual interest rate	7.00%

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Finance Lease, Successive Renewal Periods Available for Lease Agreement

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- Definition

Discount rate used by lessee to determine present value of finance lease payments.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (c)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918673-209980

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Term of lessee's finance lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918673-209980

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Term of lessee's finance lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
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