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Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets - Allocation of Other Acquired Intangible Assets and Related Accumulated Amortization (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Apr. 03, 2015
Apr. 04, 2014
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Other acquired intangible assets, gross $ 190,221us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross $ 166,537us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
Other acquired intangible assets, accumulated amortization (147,881)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization (131,140)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
Other acquired intangible assets, net 42,340us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet 35,397us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Technology [Member]    
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Useful Life 6 years  
Other acquired intangible assets, gross 67,403us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
57,084us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
Other acquired intangible assets, accumulated amortization (55,939)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
(52,979)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
Other acquired intangible assets, net 11,464us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
4,105us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
Contracts and customer relationships [Member]    
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Useful Life 8 years  
Other acquired intangible assets, gross 99,556us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= vsat_ContractsAndCustomerRelationshipsMember
88,853us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= vsat_ContractsAndCustomerRelationshipsMember
Other acquired intangible assets, accumulated amortization (74,019)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= vsat_ContractsAndCustomerRelationshipsMember
(62,245)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= vsat_ContractsAndCustomerRelationshipsMember
Other acquired intangible assets, net 25,537us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= vsat_ContractsAndCustomerRelationshipsMember
26,608us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= vsat_ContractsAndCustomerRelationshipsMember
Satellite co-location rights [Member]    
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Useful Life 9 years  
Other acquired intangible assets, gross 8,600us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_UseRightsMember
8,600us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_UseRightsMember
Other acquired intangible assets, accumulated amortization (4,893)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_UseRightsMember
(3,969)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_UseRightsMember
Other acquired intangible assets, net 3,707us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_UseRightsMember
4,631us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_UseRightsMember
Trade name [Member]    
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Useful Life 3 years  
Other acquired intangible assets, gross 5,940us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
5,680us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
Other acquired intangible assets, accumulated amortization (5,788)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
(5,680)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
Other acquired intangible assets, net 152us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
  
Other [Member]    
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Useful Life 7 years  
Other acquired intangible assets, gross 8,722us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
6,320us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
Other acquired intangible assets, accumulated amortization (7,242)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
(6,267)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
Other acquired intangible assets, net $ 1,480us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
$ 53us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember