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Lease and Transponder Service Agreements (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021
Leases [Abstract] |
Lease, Cost [Table Text Block] | The components of lease cost for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, were as follows:
| Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions) | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020
Finance lease cost |  |  |  |
Depreciation of leased assets | $ | 4 |  | 5 |  | 14 |  | 15 |
Interest on lease liabilities | 2 |  | 2 |  | 6 |  | 6 |
Total finance lease cost | 6 |  | 7 |  | 20 |  | 21 |
Operating lease cost | 10 |  | 9 |  | 30 |  | 29 |
Total lease cost | $ | 16 |  | 16 |  | 50 |  | 50 |
Weighted average lease term and discount rate [Table Text Block] | The remaining weighted-average lease term and the weighted-average discount rate were as follows:
| September 30, 2021
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years): |
Finance leases | 7.9
Operating leases | 10.7
Weighted-average discount rate: |
Finance leases | 5.1 | %
Operating leases | 6.0 | %
Leases, Supplemental Balance Sheet Information [Table Text Block] | Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:
(in millions) | September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020
Operating Leases: |  |
Operating lease right-of-use assets | $ | 206 |  | 221 |
Accrued liabilities | $ | 24 |  | 25 |
Other long-term liabilities | 181 |  | 195 |
Total operating lease liabilities | $ | 205 |  | 220 |
Finance Leases: |  |
Property and equipment | $ | 281 |  | 278 |
Accumulated depreciation | (149) |  | (141) |
Property and equipment, net | $ | 132 |  | 137 |
Current portion of debt and finance lease obligations | $ | 18 |  | 18 |
Long-term portion of debt and finance lease obligations | 145 |  | 150 |
Total finance lease liabilities | $ | 163 |  | 168 |
Leases, Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Table Text Block] | Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:
| Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions) | 2021 | 2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: |  |
Operating cash flows from operating leases | $ | 29 |  | 33 |
Operating cash flows from finance leases | 6 |  | 6 |
Financing cash flows from finance leases | 13 |  | 14 |
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations: |  |
Operating leases | 6 |  | 22 |
Finance leases | $ | 11 |  | — |
Future minimum lease payments [Table Text Block] | Future payments under noncancelable operating leases and finance leases with initial terms of one year or more as of September 30, 2021 consisted of the following:
(in millions) | Finance leases | Operating leases | Total leases
Remainder of 2021 | $ | 6 |  | 9 |  | 15 |
2022 | 28 |  | 35 |  | 63 |
2023 | 27 |  | 28 |  | 55 |
2024 | 26 |  | 25 |  | 51 |
2025 | 24 |  | 21 |  | 45 |
Thereafter | 90 |  | 167 |  | 257 |
Total lease payments | 201 |  | 285 |  | 486 |
Less: imputed interest | (38) |  | (80) |  | (118) |
Total lease liabilities | $ | 163 |  | 205 |  | 368 |

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