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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Apr. 03, 2015
Apr. 04, 2014
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]    
Unrealized excess tax benefits associated with share based compensation $ 48,400,000vsat_UnrealizedExcessTaxBenefitsOnShareBasedCompensation  
Realized excess tax benefits 0us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalTaxEffectFromShareBasedCompensation  
Valuation allowance 15,550,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 12,832,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Valuation allowance related to primarily to state net operating loss carryforwards 2,700,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount  
Impact on effective tax rate 34,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate  
Reasonably possible change in unrecognized tax benefits in the next twelve months 0us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleEstimatedRangeOfChangeUpperBound  
Accrued interest or penalties associated with uncertain tax positions 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
Tax Credit Carryforward Alternative Minimum Tax [Member]    
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]    
Tax credit carryforward amount 400,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
= vsat_TaxCreditCarryforwardAlternativeMinimumTaxMember
 
Tax Credit Carryforward Foreign [Member]    
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]    
Tax credit carryforward amount 1,100,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
= vsat_TaxCreditCarryforwardForeignMember
 
Tax credit carryforwards expiration beginning date Mar. 28, 2020  
Federal [Member]    
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]    
Operating loss carryforwards 703,400,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
 
Operating loss carryforwards expiration beginning date Mar. 30, 2019  
Tax years subject to examination 2012  
Federal [Member] | Research [Member]    
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]    
Tax credit carryforward amount 84,200,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
= us-gaap_ResearchMember
 
Federal [Member] | Research [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]    
Tax credit carryforwards expiration beginning date Mar. 29, 2025  
State [Member]    
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]    
Operating loss carryforwards 557,800,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
 
Operating loss carryforwards expiration beginning date Apr. 04, 2015  
Tax years subject to examination 2011  
State [Member] | Research [Member]    
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]    
Tax credit carryforward amount $ 92,700,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
= us-gaap_ResearchMember
 
State [Member] | Research [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]    
Tax credit carryforwards expiration beginning date Apr. 01, 2017  
Foreign country [Member]    
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]    
Tax years subject to examination 2011