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Senior Notes and Other Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2023
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May 30, 2023
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Dec. 31, 2023
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Installment
Mar. 31, 2023
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Mar. 31, 2022
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Jun. 30, 2020
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Oct. 31, 2019
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Mar. 31, 2019
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Sep. 30, 2017
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Bridge Facility [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Credit Facility maximum borrowing capacity   $ 733,400,000              
Maturity date   May 30, 2024              
Credit facility description     In connection with the closing of the Inmarsat Acquisition, on May 30, 2023, the Company entered into a $733.4 million unsecured Bridge Facility, which was fully drawn at closing and had an initial maturity date of May 30, 2024 (automatically converting to a term loan if not repaid by such date). On September 28, 2023, the Company replaced the Bridge Facility with the 2031 Notes, in the same principal amount and at the same interest rate.            
2022 Term Loan Facility [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Credit Facility maximum borrowing capacity         $ 700,000,000        
Maturity date     Mar. 04, 2029            
Outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility     $ 689,500,000            
Final installment, principal     $ 654,500,000            
Debt instrument unamortized discount percentage     2.00%            
Principal amount of debt     $ 689,500,000 $ 694,750,000          
Original issue discount     14,000,000            
Periodic installments, principal     $ 1,750,000            
Line of Credit Facility, Date of First Required Payment     Sep. 30, 2022            
Credit Facility interest rate description     Borrowings under the 2022 Term Loan Facility bear interest, at the Company’s option, at either (1) a base rate equal to the greater of the administrative agent’s prime rate as announced from time to time, the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50%, and the forward-looking term SOFR rate administered by CME for a one-month interest period plus 1.00%, subject to a floor of 1.50% for the initial term loans, plus an applicable margin of 3.50%, or (2) the forward-looking term SOFR rate administered by CME for the applicable interest period, subject to a floor of 0.50% for the initial term loans, plus an applicable margin of 4.50%. As of December 31, 2023, the effective interest rate on the Company’s outstanding borrowings under the 2022 Term Loan Facility was 10.39%.            
Credit facility description     The 2022 Term Loan Facility contains covenants that restrict, among other things, the ability of Company and its restricted subsidiaries to incur additional debt, grant liens, sell assets, make investments, pay dividends and make certain other restricted payments.            
Effective interest rate     10.39%            
2023 Term Loan Facility [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Credit Facility maximum borrowing capacity   $ 616,700,000              
Maturity date     May 30, 2030            
Outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility     $ 615,200,000            
Final installment, principal     $ 576,600,000            
Debt instrument unamortized discount percentage     2.50%            
Principal amount of debt     $ 615,158,000            
Original issue discount     15,400,000            
Periodic installments, principal     $ 1,500,000            
Line of Credit Facility, Date of First Required Payment     Dec. 31, 2023            
Credit Facility interest rate description     Borrowings under the 2023 Term Loan Facility are required to be repaid in quarterly installments of $1.5 million each, which commenced on December 31, 2023, followed by a final installment of $576.6 million at maturity. Borrowings under the 2023 Term Loan Facility bear interest, at the Company's option, at either (1) a base rate equal to the greater of the administrative agent’s prime rate as announced from time to time, the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50%, and the forward-looking term SOFR rate administered by CME for a one-month interest period plus 1.00%, subject to a floor of 1.50% for the initial term loans, plus an applicable margin of 3.50%, or (2) the forward-looking term SOFR rate administered by CME for the applicable interest period, subject to a floor of 0.50% for the initial term loans, plus an applicable margin of 4.50%, plus a credit spread adjustment ranging from 0.11% to 0.43%. As of December 31, 2023, the effective interest rate on the Company’s outstanding borrowings under the 2023 Term Loan Facility was 10.94%.            
Credit facility description     The 2023 Term Loan Facility contains covenants that restrict, among other things, the ability of Company and its restricted subsidiaries to incur additional debt, grant liens, sell assets, make investments, pay dividends and make certain other restricted payments.            
Effective interest rate     10.94%            
Inmarsat Term Loan Facility [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Maturity date     Dec. 12, 2026            
Outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility     $ 1,680,000,000            
Principal amount of debt     1,684,375,000            
Periodic installments, principal     $ 4,400,000            
Inmarsat Secured Credit Facility [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Credit Facility interest rate description     Borrowings (other than borrowings denominated in Sterling) under the Inmarsat Secured Credit Facility bear interest, at Inmarsat's option, at either (x) the highest of (i) the greater of the federal funds rate or the overnight banking fund rate for such day plus 0.50%, (ii) the forward-looking one-month term SOFR rate plus 1.00% or (iii) the administrative agent's prime rate as announced from time to time, or (y) the forward-looking term SOFR rate for the applicable interest period (subject to, in the case of the Inmarsat Term Loan Facility, a floor of 1.00% per annum and, in the case of the Inmarsat Revolving Credit Facility, a floor of 0.00% per annum), and borrowings denominated in Sterling under the Inmarsat Secured Credit Facility bear interest at Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) (subject to, in the case of the Inmarsat Term Loan Facility, a floor of 1.00% per annum and, in the case of the Inmarsat Revolving Credit Facility, a floor of 0.00% per annum) plus, in all cases, an applicable margin. The applicable margin for the Inmarsat Term Loan Facility is 2.50% per annum for base rate loans and 3.50% per annum for SOFR loans. The applicable margin for borrowings under the Inmarsat Revolving Credit Facility is based on Inmarsat’s senior secured first lien net leverage ratio. As of December 31, 2023, the weighted average effective interest rate on the Company's outstanding borrowings under the Inmarsat Term Loan Facility, including the impact of interest rate cap contracts (see Note 1 — Basis of Presentation – Derivatives for more information), was approximately 9.66%. The Inmarsat Secured Credit Facility is required to be guaranteed by certain material Inmarsat subsidiaries and secured by substantially all of the assets of the Inmarsat borrowers and subsidiary guarantors.            
Credit facility description     The Inmarsat Secured Credit Facility contains covenants that restrict, among other things, Inmarsat’s ability to incur additional debt, grant liens, sell assets, make investments and acquisitions, pay dividends and make certain other restricted payments. In addition, a financial covenant regarding Inmarsat’s senior secured first lien leverage ratio applies in the event borrowings under the Inmarsat Revolving Credit Facility exceed the greater of $280.0 million and 40% of the revolving credit commitment thereunder. The borrowers under the Inmarsat Secured Credit Facility were in compliance with the financial covenants under the Inmarsat Secured Credit Facility as of December 31, 2023.            
A financial covenant of debt, amount     $ 280,000,000            
A financial covenant of debt, percentage     40.00%            
Effective interest rate     9.66%            
Inmarsat Secured Credit Facility [Member] | InmarsatTermLoan [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Credit facility description     As of December 31, 2023, the Inmarsat Secured Credit Facility comprised the $1.75 billion Inmarsat Term Loan Facility and the $700.0 million Inmarsat Revolving Credit Facility.            
Inmarsat Revolving Credit Facility [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Maturity date     Dec. 12, 2024            
Principal amount of debt     $ 700,000,000            
Viasat Revolving Credit Facility [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Credit Facility maximum borrowing capacity     647,500,000            
Outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility     0            
Borrowing availability under the Credit Facility     $ 592,200,000            
Credit Facility interest rate description     Borrowings under the Viasat Revolving Credit Facility bear interest, at the Company’s option, at either (1) the highest of the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, forward-looking term SOFR (as defined in the definitive credit agreement governing the Viasat Revolving Credit Facility) for an interest period of one month plus 1.00%, or the administrative agent’s prime rate as announced from time to time, or (2) forward-looking term SOFR (not to be less than 0.00% per annum), plus, in the case of each of (1) and (2), an applicable margin that is based on the Company’s total leverage ratio.            
Credit facility description     The Viasat Revolving Credit Facility contains financial covenants regarding a maximum total leverage ratio and a minimum interest coverage ratio. In addition, the Viasat Revolving Credit Facility contains covenants that restrict, among other things, the Company’s ability to incur additional debt, grant liens, sell assets, make investments and acquisitions, make capital expenditures, pay dividends and make certain other restricted payments. The Company was in compliance with its financial covenants under the Viasat Revolving Credit Facility as of December 31, 2023.            
Ex-Im Credit Facility [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Credit Facility maximum borrowing capacity     $ 362,400,000            
Outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility     39,300,000            
Principal amount of debt     $ 39,304,000 58,957,000          
Credit facility description     The Ex-Im Credit Facility contains financial covenants regarding Viasat’s maximum total leverage ratio and minimum interest coverage ratio. In addition, the Ex-Im Credit Facility contains covenants that restrict, among other things, the Company’s ability to sell assets, make investments and acquisitions, make capital expenditures, grant liens, pay dividends and make certain other restricted payments.            
Amount of qualified ViaSat-2 satellite costs limited to finance     $ 321,200,000            
Percent of qualified ViaSat-2 expenses used to finance     85.00%            
The maximum exposure fees under Ex-Im Credit Facility     $ 41,200,000            
Interest rate on the outstanding borrowings     2.38%            
Required number of installment repayments | Installment     16            
Debt maturity date     Oct. 15, 2025            
Effective interest rate     4.54%            
Ex-Im credit facility repayment commenced date     Apr. 15, 2018            
Cumulative Ex-Im Credit Facility loan discount     $ 42,300,000            
Exposure fees included in the principal     35,300,000            
The exposure fees paid under Ex-Im Credit Facility borrowings     6,000,000            
2028 Notes [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Principal amount of debt     $ 400,000,000 400,000,000          
Interest rate on the outstanding borrowings     6.50%            
Principal amount of senior notes issued           $ 400,000,000      
Debt maturity year     2028            
2028 Notes [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Other Period One [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     103.25%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     in whole or in part, at any time during the 12 months beginning on July 15, 2023 at a redemption price of 103.250%            
2028 Notes [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     101.625%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     during the 12 months beginning on July 15, 2024 at a redemption price of 101.625%            
2028 Notes [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     100.00%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     at any time on or after July 15, 2025 at a redemption price of 100%, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the redemption date.            
2028 Notes [Member] | Change of Control [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     101.00%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     In the event a change of control triggering event occurs (as defined in the indenture governing the 2028 Notes), each holder will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of such holder’s 2028 Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2028 Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).            
2027 Notes [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Principal amount of debt     $ 600,000,000 600,000,000          
Interest rate on the outstanding borrowings     5.625%            
Principal amount of senior notes issued               $ 600,000,000  
Debt maturity year     2027            
2027 Notes [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption description of Senior Notes     in whole or in part, at any time during the 12 months beginning on April 15,            
2027 Notes [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Four [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     100.00%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     at any time on or after April 15, 2024 at a redemption price of 100%, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the redemption date.            
2027 Notes [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Three [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     101.406%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     2023 at a redemption price of 101.406%            
2027 Notes [Member] | Change of Control [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     101.00%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     In the event a change of control triggering event occurs (as defined in the indenture governing the 2027 Notes), each holder will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of such holder’s 2027 Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2027 Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).            
Inmarsat Senior Secured Notes 2026 [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Interest rate on the outstanding borrowings             6.75%    
Principal amount of senior notes issued             $ 2,080,000,000.00    
Debt maturity year     2026            
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     100.00%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     and at any time on or after October 1, 2024 at a redemption price of 100%, in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the redemption date.            
Inmarsat Senior Secured Notes 2026 [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption description of Senior Notes     in whole or in part, at any time            
Inmarsat Senior Secured Notes 2026 [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Three [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     101.688%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     during the 12 months beginning on October 1, 2023 at a redemption price of 101.688%            
Inmarsat Senior Secured Notes 2026 [Member] | Change of Control [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     101.00%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     In the event a change of control occurs (as defined in the indenture governing the Inmarsat 2026 Notes), each holder will have the right to require Inmarsat to repurchase all or any part of such holder’s Inmarsat 2026 Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Inmarsat 2026 Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date). The consummation of the Inmarsat Acquisition did not give rise to a “change of control” under the indenture governing the Inmarsat 2026 Notes.            
2025 Notes [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Principal amount of debt     $ 700,000,000 $ 700,000,000          
Interest rate on the outstanding borrowings     5.625%            
Principal amount of senior notes issued                 $ 700,000,000
Debt maturity year     2025            
2025 Notes [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption description of Senior Notes     in whole or in part, at any time at a redemption price of 100%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the redemption date.            
2025 Notes [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     100.00%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     at a redemption price of 100%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the redemption date.            
2025 Notes [Member] | Change of Control [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     101.00%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     In the event a change of control triggering event occurs (as defined in the indenture governing the 2025 Notes), each holder will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of such holder’s 2025 Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).            
2031 Notes [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Principal amount of debt     $ 733,400,000            
Interest rate on the outstanding borrowings 7.50%                
Principal amount of senior notes issued $ 733,400,000                
Debt maturity year 2031                
2031 Notes [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Other Period One [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     107.50%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     Prior to May 30, 2026, the Company may redeem up to 40% of the 2031 Notes at a redemption price of 107.500% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the redemption date, from the net cash proceeds of specified equity offerings            
2031 Notes [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     100.00%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     The Company may also redeem the 2031 Notes prior to May 30, 2026, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus a “make whole” premium and any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the redemption date.            
2031 Notes [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     103.75%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     The 2031 Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time during the 12 months beginning on May 30, 2026 at a redemption price of 103.750%            
2031 Notes [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Four [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     100.00%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     at any time on or after May 30, 2028 at a redemption price of 100%, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the redemption date.            
2031 Notes [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Three [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     101.875%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     during the 12 months beginning on May 30, 2027 at a redemption price of 101.875%            
2031 Notes [Member] | Change of Control [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Redemption price percentage of Senior Notes     101.00%            
Redemption description of Senior Notes     In the event a change of control triggering event occurs (as defined in the indenture governing the 2031 Notes), each holder will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of such holder’s 2031 Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2031 Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).            
Letter of Credit [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Credit Facility maximum borrowing capacity     $ 150,000,000            
Standby letters of credit outstanding amount     $ 55,300,000