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Lease and Transponder Service Agreements (Tables)

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

Three months ended

Nine months ended

(in millions)
September 30, 2019

September 30, 2019

Finance lease cost
 
 
     Depreciation of leased assets
$
6

16

     Interest on lease liabilities
2

6

Total finance lease cost
8

22

Operating lease cost
8

22

     Total lease cost
$
16

44

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:

September 30, 2019

Weighted-average remaining lease term (years):

     Finance leases
9.6

     Operating leases
12.7

Weighted-average discount rate:

     Finance leases
5.0
%
     Operating leases
6.0
%
Leases, Supplemental Balance Sheet Information [Table Text Block]
Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:
(in millions)
September 30, 2019

Operating Leases:


  Operating lease right-of-use assets
$
218

  Accrued liabilities
$
34

  Other long-term liabilities
193

      Total operating lease liabilities
$
227

Finance Leases:

   Property and equipment
$
271

   Accumulated depreciation
(130
)
     Property and equipment, net
$
141

   Current portion of debt and finance lease obligations
$
18

   Long-term portion of debt and finance lease obligations
151

     Total finance lease liabilities
$
169

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

Nine months ended

(in millions)
September 30, 2019

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


     Operating cash flows from operating lease
$
18

     Operating cash flows from finance leases
6

     Financing cash flows from finance leases
17

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


      Operating leases
150

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

Operating leases

Total leases

Remainder of 2019
$
7

20

27

2020
25

36

61

2021
24

26

50

2022
23

23

46

2023
22

21

43

Thereafter
116

210

326

Total lease payments
217

336

553

Less: imputed interest
(48
)
(109
)
(157
)
Total lease liabilities
$
169

227

396