Basis of Presentation (Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Money Market Funds [Member] \| Level 1 [Member]
Assets and Liabilities
Cash equivalents	$ 35,514	$ 53,129
Sale of SSL, Nov. 02, 2012 [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Assets and Liabilities
Indemnifications liabilities	(2,410)	(1,953)
Globalstar do Brasil S.A. [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Assets and Liabilities
Indemnifications liabilities	$ 357	$ 1,006

Fair value portion of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Cash
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6506951

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Cash Equivalents
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6507016

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