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Lease and Transponder Service Agreements (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
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)2021202020212020
Finance lease cost
     Depreciation of leased assets$4 5 14 15 
     Interest on lease liabilities2 2 6 6 
Total finance lease cost6 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 leases7.9
     Operating leases10.7
Weighted-average discount rate:
     Finance leases5.1 %
     Operating leases6.0 %
Leases, Supplemental Balance Sheet Information [Table Text Block]
Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:
(in millions)September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
Operating Leases:
  Operating lease right-of-use assets$206 221 
  Accrued liabilities$24 25 
  Other long-term liabilities181 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 obligations145 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)20212020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
     Operating cash flows from operating leases$29 33 
     Operating cash flows from finance leases6 6 
     Financing cash flows from finance leases13 14 
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:
      Operating leases6 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 leasesOperating leasesTotal leases
Remainder of 2021$6 9 15 
202228 35 63 
202327 28 55 
202426 25 51 
202524 21 45 
Thereafter90 167 257 
Total lease payments201 285 486 
Less: imputed interest(38)(80)(118)
Total lease liabilities$163 205 368