Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]

Commitments and Contingencies

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Commitments and Contingencies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
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Commitments and Contingencies

L3Harris Commitment

In conjunction with the Acquisition, the Company acquired the agreement (the “L3Harris Agreement) with L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (“L3Harris”) to receive satellite automatic identification system (“S-AIS”) data from the L3Harris AppStar payloads on-board Iridium NEXT Constellation, Iridium's Real-Time, Second-Generation satellite constellation with 58 AppStar payloads. Under the Amended and Restated L3Harris Agreement dated January 21, 2020 (the “A&R L3Harris Agreement”), the Company incurs a fixed fee of $358 per month. The A&R L3Harris Agreement expires on August 7, 2031.

Under the A&R L3Harris Agreement, the Company will pay a 30% share of S-AIS data revenues for the portion of exactEarth annual S-AIS data revenue which is in excess of $16,000. No revenue share was owed to L3Harris under the A&R L3Harris Agreement, with respect to AIS Analytics sales, as of or for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. The Company recognized $1,239 and $3,722 in cost of revenue on the condensed consolidated statements of operations for costs incurred to acquire exclusive access rights to data generated from satellites for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and $1,243 and $3,731 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively.

The following table summarizes the operational fees commitment under the A&R L3Harris Agreement, which includes the fixed payment obligations to L3Harris:

 

 

Future Payment Obligations

 

Fiscal year ending December 31,

 

 

 

Remainder of 2024

 

$

1,075

 

2025

 

 

4,300

 

2026

 

 

4,300

 

2027

 

 

4,300

 

2028

 

 

4,300

 

Thereafter

 

 

11,189

 

 

$

29,464

 

Note Receivable

The Company has outstanding a $4,500 note receivable plus accrued interest of $709 issued to a Space Services customer as of September 30, 2024. The note and accrued interest were due in October 2024. The Company is aware that the customer has been using cash in its operations and its available cash is low. Given the customer's financial performance, there is an indication that it will not have sufficient cash available to repay the note when it is due. The customer has announced that it has secured a financing arrangement with its principal shareholder that would provide it sufficient funds to repay the note and the customer has asserted to the Company its intention to repay the note. The Company believes that a loss of the entire principal value and accrued interest is reasonably possible but not probable. The Company recorded a provision for the current expected credit loss of $3,907 as of September 30, 2024.

Litigation

At times, the Company is party to various claims and legal actions arising in the normal course of business. Although the ultimate outcome of these matters is not presently determinable, management believes that the resolution of all such pending matters, based on an assessment of the current facts and circumstances, will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows; however, there can be no assurance that the ultimate resolution of these matters will not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements in any period.