Revenue (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Summary of Company's service revenue

The following table summarizes the Company’s services revenue:

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
	(in thousands)
Commercial voice and data services	$	50,411	$	48,712	$	99,006	$	92,442
Commercial IoT data services	23,903		20,835		46,394		40,618
Hosted payload and other data services	11,969		12,419		25,834		16,648
Government services	24,514		22,000		46,514		44,000
Total services	$	110,797	$	103,966	$	217,748	$	193,708

Summary of Company's Engineering and Support Services Revenue [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the Company’s engineering and support services revenue:

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
	(in thousands)
Commercial	$	831	$	114	$	1,056	$	195
Government	8,052		4,986		13,553		8,529
Total	$	8,883	$	5,100	$	14,609	$	8,724

Schedule of recognized contract costs

The contract assets not separately disclosed are as follows:

	June 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
	(in thousands)
Contract Assets:
Commissions	$	1,063	$	1,010
Other contract costs	$	3,430	$	3,631