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Lease and Transponder Service Agreements (Tables)

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Lease and Transponder Service Agreements (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Leases [Abstract]  
Lease, Cost [Table Text Block]
The components of lease cost for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, were as follows:

Three months ended

Six months ended

(in millions)
June 30, 2019

June 30, 2019

Finance lease cost




     Depreciation of leased assets
$
5

10

     Interest on lease liabilities
2

4

Total finance lease cost
7

14

Operating lease cost
8

14

     Total lease cost
$
15

28

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:

June 30, 2019

Weighted-average remaining lease term (years):

     Finance leases
9.3

     Operating leases
12.1

Weighted-average discount rate:

     Finance leases
5.0
%
     Operating leases
6.1
%
Leases, Supplemental Balance Sheet Information [Table Text Block]
Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:
(in millions)
June 30, 2019

Operating Leases:


  Operating lease right-of-use assets
$
148

  Accrued liabilities
$
21

  Other long-term liabilities
147
      Total operating lease liabilities
$
168

Finance Leases:

   Property and equipment
$
277

   Accumulated depreciation
(128
)
     Property and equipment, net
$
149

   Current portion of debt and finance lease obligations
$
20

   Long-term portion of debt and finance lease obligations
158
     Total finance lease liabilities
$
178

Leases, Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Table Text Block]
Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:

Six months ended

(in millions)
June 30, 2019

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:


     Operating cash flows from operating lease
$
12

     Operating cash flows from finance leases
4

     Financing cash flows from finance leases
10

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:


      Operating leases
72

      Finance leases
$

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 June 30, 2019 consisted of the following:
(in millions)
Finance leases

Operating leases

Total leases

Remainder of 2019
$
15

14

29

2020
27

29

56

2021
25

20

45

2022
23

18

41

2023
22

16

38

Thereafter
117

155

272

Total lease payments
229

252

481

Less: imputed interest
(51
)
(84
)
(135
)
Total lease liabilities
$
178

168

346