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Lease and Transponder Service Agreements (Tables)

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Lease and Transponder Service Agreements (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract]  
Lease, Cost [Table Text Block]
The components of lease cost for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

Three months ended
(in millions)
March 31, 2020

March 31, 2019

Finance lease cost
 


     Depreciation of leased assets
$
5

5

     Interest on lease liabilities
2

2
Total finance lease cost
7

7

Operating lease cost
10

6

     Total lease cost
$
17

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