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Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative)

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative)				3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative)	Mar. 11, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 24, 2019 USD ($) ft²	Jul. 24, 2019 GBP (£) ft²	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Lease term						3 years
Current operating lease liabilities				$ 30,385		$ 30,125	$ 29,237
Long-term operating lease liabilities				14,725		22,574	51,620
Right of use assets				48,043		55,606	83,679
ASC 840 [Member]
Net rent expense				$ 6,384	$ 8,075	$ 32,607	$ 31,563
Yearly Average Rate [Member]
Foreign currency translation rate							1.276933
Employment Agreements [Member] \| David Phipps [Member]
Employment agreement term	1 year
Annual base compensation	$ 180,000
Additional compensation	$ 1,500
Employment Agreements [Member] \| David Phipps [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Annual cash bonus percentage	150.00%
Employment Agreements [Member] \| David Phipps [Member] \| Global Telesat Communications Limited [Member]
Annual base compensation	$ 70,000
Employment Agreements [Member] \| Thomas Seifert [Member]
Annual base compensation	$ 150,000
Employment Agreements [Member] \| Thomas Seifert [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Annual cash bonus percentage	150.00%
Employment Agreements [Member] \| GBP [Member] \| David Phipps [Member]
Annual base compensation	$ 50,000
Lease Agreement [Member]
Lease term		3 years	3 years
Area of square feet \| ft²		2,660	2,660
Facilities rent per month		$ 2,717
Foreign currency translation rate		1.286618	1.286618
Foreign currency translation rate, amount		$ 2,738
Lease renewal date		Jul. 23, 2022	Jul. 23, 2022
Lease Agreement [Member] \| GBP [Member]
Annual Rent \| £			£ 25,536
Facilities rent per month \| £			£ 2,128

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Annual cash bonus percentage.

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- Definition

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- Definition

Foreign currency translation rate.

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- Definition

Foreign currency translation rate, amount.

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- Definition

Lease renewal date.

+ References

No definition available.

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- Definition

Net lease rental expense.

+ References

No definition available.

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- Definition

Facilities rent per month.

+ References

No definition available.

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- Definition

Area of land held.

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- Definition

Amount of expense for employee benefit and equity-based compensation.

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- Definition

Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
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- Definition

Amount of expense for salary and wage arising from service rendered by officer. Excludes allocated cost, labor-related nonsalary expense, and direct and overhead labor cost included in cost of good and service sold.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03(4))
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- Definition

Amount of operating lease expense. Excludes sublease income.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)
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- Definition

Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease, classified as current.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123391704&loc=SL77918627-209977

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- Definition

Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease, classified as noncurrent.

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- Definition

Amount of lessee's right to use underlying asset under operating lease.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
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