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Divestiture Of Businesses, Deliverable At Sale

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (b)
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Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details) - Intertial Navigation $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 09, 2022 USD ($) extensionOption	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale of KVH Media Group Entertainment Limited, net of cash sold			$ 55,000	$ 0
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Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale of KVH Media Group Entertainment Limited, net of cash sold	$ 55,000
Deliverable at sale	$ 1,000
Transition support service period	6 months
Transition support service, number of extensions \| extensionOption	2
Transition support service, extension period	3 months
Monthly transaction fees	$ 100
Working capital adjustment		$ 96