Quarterly Financial Data - Quarterly Results of Operations (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | |||||||||
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Dec. 31, 2015 |
Sep. 30, 2015 |
Jun. 30, 2015 |
Mar. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Sep. 30, 2014 |
Jun. 30, 2014 |
Mar. 31, 2014 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Dec. 31, 2013 |
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| Income Statement [Abstract] | |||||||||||
| Revenues | $ 44,996 | $ 46,084 | $ 44,883 | $ 42,330 | $ 29,468 | $ 23,126 | $ 24,298 | $ 19,350 | $ 178,293 | $ 96,242 | $ 74,212 |
| (Loss) income from operations | 2,435 | 3,193 | (11,566) | (1,277) | (3,260) | 75 | 1,794 | (215) | (7,215) | (1,606) | 5,701 |
| Net (loss) income attributable to ORBCOMM Inc. | $ 239 | $ 1,591 | $ (12,208) | $ (2,873) | $ (5,623) | $ (33) | $ 1,403 | $ (431) | $ (13,251) | $ (4,684) | $ 4,599 |
| Net (loss) income per common share-basic: | |||||||||||
| Net (loss) income attributable to ORBCOMM Inc. | $ 0.00 | $ 0.02 | $ (0.17) | $ (0.04) | $ (0.09) | $ 0.00 | $ 0.03 | $ (0.01) | $ (0.19) | $ (0.08) | |
| Net (loss) income per common share-diluted | |||||||||||
| Net (loss) income attributable to ORBCOMM Inc. | $ 0.00 | $ 0.02 | $ (0.17) | $ (0.04) | $ (0.09) | $ 0.00 | $ 0.02 | $ (0.01) | $ (0.19) | $ (0.08) | |
| Weighted average common shares outstanding: | |||||||||||
| Basic | 70,546 | 70,460 | 70,427 | 70,238 | 62,984 | 55,247 | 55,199 | 53,213 | 70,419 | 56,684 | 47,420 |
| Diluted | 72,209 | 71,918 | 70,427 | 70,238 | 62,984 | 55,247 | 56,780 | 53,213 | 70,419 | 56,684 | 48,770 |