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Acquisition - Amounts Assigned to Identifiable Intangible Assets and Estimated Weighted Average Useful Lives (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Apr. 03, 2015
Jun. 06, 2014
Trade name [Member]    
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Estimated weighted average life (In years) 3 years  
NetNearU [Member]    
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Fair Value identifiable intangible assets   $ 24,310us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= vsat_NetNearUMember
Estimated weighted average life (In years)   8 years
NetNearU [Member] | Technology [Member]    
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Fair Value identifiable intangible assets   10,970us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= vsat_NetNearUMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TechnologyBasedIntangibleAssetsMember
Estimated weighted average life (In years)   7 years
NetNearU [Member] | Customer relationships [Member]    
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Fair Value identifiable intangible assets   10,950us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= vsat_NetNearUMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Estimated weighted average life (In years)   9 years
NetNearU [Member] | Non-compete agreements [Member]    
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Fair Value identifiable intangible assets   2,130us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= vsat_NetNearUMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
Estimated weighted average life (In years)   2 years
NetNearU [Member] | Trade name [Member]    
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Fair Value identifiable intangible assets   $ 260us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= vsat_NetNearUMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
Estimated weighted average life (In years)   2 years