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Viasat, Inc
(NASDAQ:VSAT) 

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Viasat, Inc. provides broadband and communications products and services worldwide. It operates through three segments: Satellite Services, Commercial Networks, and Government Systems. The company's Satellite Services segment offers satellite-based fixed broadband services, including broadband inter...

Founded: 1986
Full Time Employees: 6,100
Founder: Mark Dankberg, Mark Miller and Steve Hart 
CEO: Mark Dankberg  
Sector: Technology
Industry: Communication Equipment

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At a glance:
  • Revenue Mix Shifting Toward Services and Subscription Connectivity: Viasat’s business is centered on recurring connectivity services (aviation, government, maritime/enterprise) alongside equipment sales, with services generally providing greater visibility than hardware-driven revenue.
  • Satellite Capacity and Network Execution Remain Key Operational Drivers: Performance depends heavily on successfully deploying, integrating, and utilizing satellite capacity and ground infrastructure; network readiness and capacity constraints can materially impact customer experience and financial results.
  • Leveraging Scale and Integration to Expand Global Connectivity Footprint: The company’s strategy emphasizes expanding global coverage and cross-selling across mobility and government markets, where multi-year contracts can support steadier demand compared with consumer broadband.
  • Profitability and Cash Flow Influenced by High Capex and Debt Servicing Needs: Viasat operates in a capital-intensive industry, where satellite investments and related financing can pressure near-term free cash flow and earnings, making cost control and utilization ramp critical to improving returns.
  • Competitive and Regulatory Environment Creates Both Pressure and Opportunity: Competition from other satellite and terrestrial providers, along with spectrum and regulatory requirements, can affect pricing and market access; differentiation through performance, reliability, and partnerships is important.
Bull Thesis:
  • Inmarsat Acquisition Synergies and Expanded Market Reach: The successful acquisition of Inmarsat significantly expands Viasat's global footprint, diversifies its revenue streams across government, aviation, and maritime sectors, and is expected to generate substantial cost and revenue synergies, creating a more formidable global communications provider.
  • ViaSat-3 Constellation's Long-Term Potential: Despite the anomaly with the ViaSat-3 Americas satellite, the overall ViaSat-3 constellation (with two more satellites planned) still represents a significant leap in capacity and efficiency. Once fully operational, it promises to deliver unprecedented bandwidth at lower costs per bit, driving subscriber growth and improving unit economics across various segments, particularly in aviation and enterprise.
  • Strong Position in Government & Defense Markets: Viasat maintains a robust and growing presence in the government and defense sectors, providing secure, high-capacity communication solutions. This segment offers stable, high-margin revenue, often through long-term contracts, and acts as a resilient base for the company's overall financial performance, less susceptible to consumer market fluctuations.
  • Growing Demand for Global Mobile Connectivity: The increasing global demand for high-speed, reliable connectivity in hard-to-reach areas, on aircraft, and at sea continues to fuel Viasat's core markets. As a leading provider of in-flight connectivity (IFC) and maritime broadband, Viasat is well-positioned to capitalize on these secular growth trends, especially with its high-capacity satellite network.
Bear Thesis:
  • ViaSat-3 Americas Satellite Anomaly Impact: The antenna deployment anomaly on the ViaSat-3 Americas satellite is a significant setback, severely impacting its planned capacity and revenue generation. This event will likely delay expected financial benefits, necessitate costly mitigation strategies, and could lead to a loss of market share or customer commitments in the affected regions, putting pressure on future growth projections.
  • High Debt Load and Interest Expenses Post-Inmarsat Acquisition: The Inmarsat acquisition substantially increased Viasat's debt load, leading to higher interest expenses and increased financial leverage. This elevated debt could constrain future investments, limit financial flexibility, and make the company more vulnerable to rising interest rates or economic downturns, impacting free cash flow generation.
  • Intense Competition and Pricing Pressure: Viasat faces fierce competition across all its segments from both traditional satellite operators (e.g., HughesNet, SES, Eutelsat) and new entrants like Starlink and OneWeb. The proliferation of LEO constellations, in particular, is driving down prices and increasing capacity, potentially eroding Viasat's market share and profitability, especially in the consumer broadband sector.
  • Persistent Negative Free Cash Flow and Profitability Challenges: Viasat has historically struggled with consistent positive free cash flow and profitability, often due to high capital expenditures for satellite construction and launch, as well as significant R&D investments. The ViaSat-3 anomaly further exacerbates these challenges, potentially delaying the path to sustainable positive free cash flow and putting pressure on the company's ability to deleverage.
Main Competitors:
  • Starlink (SpaceX) (Starlink satellite internet service), Directly competes with Viasat for residential, enterprise, and mobility (maritime, aviation) satellite internet customers, particularly in rural and underserved areas. Starlink's low-Earth orbit (LEO) constellation offers lower latency and often higher speeds, posing a significant challenge to Viasat's geostationary (GEO) offerings.
  • HughesNet (EchoStar Corporation) ($SATS) (HughesNet satellite internet service), A long-standing direct competitor in the North American residential and small business satellite internet market. Both Viasat and HughesNet primarily utilize geostationary satellites, competing on price, data caps, and service plans for customers in areas without robust terrestrial broadband options.
  • OneWeb (Eutelsat Group) ($ETL) (OneWeb LEO satellite broadband services), Competes with Viasat in the enterprise, government, and mobility (aviation, maritime, cellular backhaul) segments. OneWeb's LEO constellation offers global coverage and lower latency, challenging Viasat's offerings for high-demand business and government applications, as well as in-flight and maritime connectivity.
  • Intelsat (Satellite capacity and managed services), A major global satellite operator that competes with Viasat for government contracts, enterprise connectivity, and in-flight connectivity (IFC) services. Intelsat provides satellite capacity and end-to-end managed solutions, often partnering with or competing against Viasat for large-scale network deployments and specialized communication needs.
Moat:
Viasat operates in a highly competitive and capital-intensive satellite communications market. Its primary moat stems from its vertically integrated model, proprietary high-capacity geostationary (GEO) satellite technology (e.g., ViaSat-3), and strong presence in specialized markets like government systems and in-flight connectivity (IFC). However, Viasat faces significant competition from traditional GEO operators like HughesNet and Intelsat, and increasingly from disruptive low-Earth orbit (LEO) constellations such as Starlink and OneWeb, which offer lower latency and are rapidly expanding their service offerings. The competitive landscape is further intensified by the emergence of new LEO players like Amazon's Project Kuiper and the ongoing expansion of terrestrial broadband alternatives.
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    Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-04-03 2015-01-02 2014-10-03 2014-07-04 2014-04-04 2014-01-03 2013-10-04 2013-06-28 2013-03-29 2012-12-28 2012-09-28 2012-06-29 2012-03-30 2011-12-30 2011-09-30 2011-07-01 2011-04-01 2010-12-31 2010-10-01 2010-07-02 2010-04-02 2010-01-01 2009-10-02 2009-07-03 2009-04-03 2009-01-02 2008-10-03 2008-06-27 2008-03-28 2007-12-28 2007-09-28 2007-06-29 2007-03-30 2006-12-29 2006-09-29 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-30 2005-09-30 2005-07-01 2005-04-01 2004-12-31 2004-10-01 2004-07-02 2004-04-02 
                                                                                             
      revenues:
                                                                                             
      service revenues
    803,725,000 822,818,000 821,510,000 826,370,000 797,371,000 809,370,000 798,314,000 820,721,000 812,023,000 825,466,000 823,686,000 543,419,000 394,742,000 402,129,000 401,822,000 409,423,000 409,366,000 403,574,000 392,688,000 371,596,000 324,460,000 309,045,000 298,298,000 279,854,000 292,715,000 285,134,000 285,426,000 273,422,000 264,959,000 252,829,000 237,039,000 220,740,000 207,981,000 205,880,000 211,291,000 213,926,000 219,968,000 211,056,000 211,923,000 202,454,000 195,441,000 191,469,000 189,670,000 176,030,000 173,031,000 165,254,000 164,834,000 151,342,000 144,584,000 138,709,000 143,490,000 138,941,000 125,144,000 121,748,000 114,347,000 94,034,000 89,493,000 83,102,000 76,413,000 72,555,000 71,456,000 69,507,000 70,303,000 67,002,000 66,457,000 19,218,000                        
      product revenues
    367,563,000 334,227,000 319,383,000 344,684,000 349,711,000 314,397,000 323,948,000 305,739,000 337,990,000 303,073,000 401,729,000 236,372,000 271,357,000 249,315,000 254,861,000 268,800,000 292,338,000 316,143,000 308,666,000 293,264,000 271,322,000 266,514,000 255,980,000 250,634,000 299,006,000 303,090,000 306,830,000 263,615,000 292,262,000 301,865,000 280,435,000 218,129,000 231,689,000 175,957,000 181,783,000 166,118,000 196,451,000 169,574,000 187,235,000 160,676,000 176,523,000 156,290,000 163,660,000 168,348,000 191,722,000 174,299,000 193,924,000 168,129,000 199,340,000 193,846,000 210,391,000 182,161,000 183,519,000 164,694,000 168,475,000 147,729,000 151,045,000 121,862,000 146,611,000 122,546,000 144,916,000 126,434,000 127,586,000 125,002,000 146,185,000 137,146,000                        
      total revenues
    1,171,288,000 1,157,045,000 1,140,893,000 1,171,054,000 1,147,082,000 1,123,767,000 1,122,262,000 1,126,460,000 1,150,013,000 1,128,539,000 1,225,415,000 779,791,000 666,099,000 651,444,000 656,683,000 678,223,000 701,704,000 719,717,000 701,354,000 664,860,000 595,782,000 575,559,000 554,278,000 530,488,000 591,721,000 588,224,000 592,256,000 537,037,000 557,221,000 554,694,000 517,474,000 438,869,000 439,670,000 381,837,000 393,074,000 380,044,000 416,419,000 380,630,000 399,158,000 363,130,000 371,964,000 347,759,000 353,330,000 344,378,000 364,753,000 339,553,000 358,758,000 319,471,000 343,924,000 332,555,000 353,881,000 321,102,000 308,663,000 286,442,000 282,822,000 241,763,000 240,538,000 204,964,000 223,024,000 195,101,000 216,372,000 195,941,000 197,889,000 192,004,000 212,642,000 156,364,000                        
      yoy
    2.11% 2.96% 1.66% 3.96% -0.25% -0.42% -8.42% 44.46% 72.65% 73.24% 86.61% 14.98% -5.07% -9.49% -6.37% 2.01% 17.78% 25.05% 26.53% 25.33% 0.69% -2.15% -6.41% -1.22% 6.19% 6.04% 14.45% 22.37% 26.74% 45.27% 31.65% 15.48% 5.58% 0.32% -1.52% 4.66% 11.95% 9.45% 12.97% 5.45% 1.98% 2.42% -1.51% 7.80% 6.06% 2.10% 1.38% -0.51% 11.42% 16.10% 25.12% 32.82% 28.32% 39.75% 26.81% 23.92% 11.17% 4.60% 12.70% 1.61% 1.75% 25.31%                            
      qoq
    1.23% 1.42% -2.58% 2.09% 2.07% 0.13% -0.37% -2.05% 1.90% -7.91% 57.15% 17.07% 2.25% -0.80% -3.18% -3.35% -2.50% 2.62% 5.49% 11.59% 3.51% 3.84% 4.48% -10.35% 0.59% -0.68% 10.28% -3.62% 0.46% 7.19% 17.91% -0.18% 15.15% -2.86% 3.43% -8.74% 9.40% -4.64% 9.92% -2.37% 6.96% -1.58% 2.60% -5.59% 7.42% -5.35% 12.30% -7.11% 3.42% -6.03% 10.21% 4.03% 7.76% 1.28% 16.98% 0.51% 17.36% -8.10% 14.31% -9.83% 10.43% -0.98% 3.07% -9.71% 35.99%                         
      operating expenses:
                                                                                             
      cost of service revenues
    546,571,000 536,798,000 514,893,000 528,234,000 515,743,000 527,718,000 531,593,000 516,667,000 553,861,000 514,757,000 512,270,000 347,833,000 284,084,000 277,856,000 267,448,000 271,700,000 274,808,000 262,640,000 253,722,000 234,629,000 201,897,000 194,394,000 195,423,000 197,677,000 199,255,000 190,132,000 187,024,000 187,519,000 179,901,000 176,686,000 175,230,000 171,432,000 156,599,000 137,275,000 135,412,000 137,851,000 132,159,000 130,967,000 134,241,000 127,582,000 129,125,000 123,770,000 124,595,000 117,609,000 113,848,000 110,237,000 111,605,000 108,741,000 106,415,000 102,606,000 104,511,000 105,893,000 97,092,000 92,145,000 95,382,000 78,569,000 72,349,000 57,318,000 54,204,000 49,316,000 37,941,000 41,923,000 41,697,000 39,062,000 42,245,000 11,613,000                        
      cost of product revenues
    264,603,000 241,470,000 241,108,000 233,382,000 266,040,000 234,229,000 243,485,000 194,158,000 269,758,000 252,519,000 254,020,000 197,078,000 207,968,000 205,177,000 171,105,000 210,686,000 222,774,000 237,481,000 234,721,000 219,347,000 198,216,000 196,895,000 191,890,000 187,892,000 211,644,000 214,098,000 223,075,000 196,940,000 218,104,000 226,020,000 216,900,000 173,448,000 170,745,000 126,437,000 133,850,000 122,645,000 141,942,000 124,579,000 136,825,000 120,680,000 133,414,000 113,823,000 116,179,000 125,830,000 136,726,000 123,675,000 130,088,000 128,994,000 144,338,000 140,530,000 157,573,000 129,414,000 135,253,000 119,250,000 121,421,000 109,049,000 113,137,000 89,463,000 107,909,000 92,285,000 111,771,000 95,009,000 88,451,000 94,714,000 99,421,000 98,708,000                        
      selling, general and administrative
    254,151,000 240,708,000 241,785,000 262,832,000 419,497,000 238,024,000 272,448,000 251,122,000 253,346,000 271,734,000 1,148,989,000 219,581,000 206,965,000 162,845,000 177,191,000 179,613,000 176,145,000 170,222,000 156,684,000 154,200,000 133,432,000 132,394,000 125,451,000 121,039,000 134,557,000 136,005,000 127,391,000 125,132,000 118,130,000 114,566,000 113,120,000 112,642,000 106,038,000 100,125,000 90,084,000 89,173,000 96,562,000 80,282,000 77,224,000 79,400,000 77,536,000 76,351,000 73,351,000 71,107,000 76,379,000 70,962,000 54,404,000 69,096,000 74,059,000 69,100,000 73,593,000 64,781,000 68,070,000 62,209,000 54,079,000 56,501,000 49,976,000 45,640,000 44,379,000 41,733,000 42,979,000 40,413,000 41,952,000 38,921,000 42,636,000 34,416,000 28,927,000 26,916,000 25,638,000 23,952,000 25,430,000 23,604,000 17,291,000 20,920,000 20,424,000 17,730,000 19,570,000 17,692,000 16,790,000 15,844,000 16,162,000 14,724,000 13,327,000 12,846,000 14,191,000 11,395,000  12,213,000  
      independent research and development
    41,523,000 46,929,000 42,263,000 34,193,000 33,740,000 36,701,000 33,390,000 38,563,000 46,492,000 41,728,000 33,429,000 29,004,000 32,298,000 29,444,000 32,416,000 35,763,000 40,894,000 37,316,000 40,530,000 34,463,000 31,822,000 28,803,000 27,531,000 27,636,000 30,482,000 32,164,000 34,314,000 33,474,000 29,383,000 28,928,000 31,360,000 33,373,000 36,865,000 40,149,000 46,268,000 45,065,000 39,857,000 34,436,000 30,177,000 25,177,000 21,615,000 19,169,000 20,792,000 15,608,000 13,493,000 11,850,000 11,547,000 9,780,000 16,586,000 15,143,000 14,918,000 14,089,000 11,709,000 7,612,000 8,758,000 7,369,000 6,490,000 5,999,000 6,809,000 5,694,000 7,114,000 6,661,000 7,622,000 7,314,000 5,766,000 7,864,000 6,692,000 7,003,000 6,141,000 6,985,000 6,656,000 9,840,000 8,058,000 8,405,000 8,433,000 7,377,000 6,450,000 5,557,000 4,832,000 4,792,000 5,368,000 3,528,000 3,557,000 3,304,000 2,722,000 1,941,000 1,575,000 1,844,000  
      amortization of acquired intangible assets
    65,064,000 64,838,000 65,069,000 65,741,000 65,847,000 65,847,000 66,024,000 66,215,000 26,261,000 91,719,000 81,374,000 27,811,000 7,476,000 7,433,000 7,379,000 7,523,000 7,870,000 7,531,000 7,399,000 5,929,000 1,311,000 1,313,000 1,300,000 1,558,000 1,691,000 1,856,000 2,027,000 2,037,000 2,280,000 2,487,000 2,435,000 2,453,000 2,474,000 3,177,000 3,320,000 3,260,000 3,223,000 2,775,000 2,277,000 2,513,000 2,780,000 4,261,000 4,587,000 4,810,000 4,628,000 4,651,000 4,658,000 4,029,000 3,665,000 3,652,000 3,796,000 3,501,000 3,519,000 3,960,000 4,041,000 4,064,000 4,441,000 4,752,000 4,767,000 4,772,000 4,782,000 4,923,000 5,094,000 4,610,000 4,726,000 1,901,000 1,362,000 1,505,000 1,805,000 2,337,000 2,340,000 2,340,000                  
      income from operations
    -624,000 26,302,000 35,775,000 46,672,000 -153,785,000 21,248,000 -24,678,000 59,735,000 295,000 -43,918,000 -804,667,000 -41,516,000 -72,692,000 -31,311,000 1,144,000 -27,062,000 -20,787,000 4,527,000 8,298,000 16,292,000 29,104,000 21,760,000 12,683,000 -5,314,000 14,092,000 13,969,000 18,425,000 -8,065,000 9,423,000 6,007,000 -21,571,000 -54,479,000 -33,051,000 -25,326,000 -15,860,000 -17,950,000 2,676,000 7,591,000 18,414,000 7,778,000 7,494,000 10,385,000 13,826,000 9,414,000 19,679,000 18,178,000 46,456,000 -1,169,000 -1,139,000 1,524,000 -510,000 3,424,000 -6,980,000 1,266,000 -859,000 -13,789,000 -5,855,000 1,792,000 4,956,000 1,301,000 11,785,000 7,012,000 13,073,000 7,383,000 17,848,000 1,862,000 12,029,000 11,271,000 14,268,000 11,559,000 9,303,000 9,157,000 12,903,000 14,497,000 10,864,000 4,666,000 9,558,000 8,183,000 9,814,000 7,890,000 6,797,000 7,977,000 7,562,000 6,594,000 4,310,000 4,867,000 5,768,000 5,379,000  
      yoy
    -99.59% 23.79% -244.97% -21.87% -52230.51% -148.38% -96.93% -243.88% -100.41% 40.26% -70438.02% 53.41% 249.70% -791.65% -86.21% -266.11% -171.42% -79.20% -34.57% -406.59% 106.53% 55.77% -31.16% -34.11% 49.55% 132.55% -185.42% -85.20% -128.51% -123.72% 36.01% 203.50% -1335.09% -433.63% -186.13% -330.78% -64.29% -26.90% 33.18% -17.38% -61.92% -42.87% -70.24% -905.30% -1827.74% 1092.78% -9209.02% -134.14% -83.68% 20.38% -40.63% -124.83% 19.21% -29.35% -117.33% -1159.88% -149.68% -74.44% -62.09% -82.38% -33.97% 276.58% 8.68% -34.50% 25.09% -83.89% 29.30% 23.09% 10.58% -20.27% -14.37% 96.25% 35.00% 77.16% 10.70% -40.86% 40.62% 2.58% 29.78% 19.65% 57.70% 63.90% 31.10% 22.59%      
      qoq
    -102.37% -26.48% -23.35% -130.35% -823.76% -186.10% -141.31% 20149.15% -100.67% -94.54% 1838.21% -42.89% 132.16% -2836.98% -104.23% 30.19% -559.18% -45.44% -49.07% -44.02% 33.75% 71.57% -338.67% -137.71% 0.88% -24.18% -328.46% -185.59% 56.87% -127.85% -60.40% 64.83% 30.50% 59.68% -11.64% -770.78% -64.75% -58.78% 136.74% 3.79% -27.84% -24.89% 46.87% -52.16% 8.26% -60.87% -4073.99% 2.63% -174.74% -398.82% -114.89% -149.05% -651.34% -247.38% -93.77% 135.51% -426.73% -63.84% 280.94% -88.96% 68.07% -46.36% 77.07% -58.63% 858.54% -84.52% 6.73% -21.01% 23.44% 24.25% 1.59% -29.03% -11.00% 33.44% 132.83% -51.18% 16.80% -16.62% 24.39% 16.08% -14.79% 5.49% 14.68% 52.99% -11.44% -15.62% 7.23%   
      operating margin %
    -0.05% 2.27% 3.14% 3.99% -13.41% 1.89% -2.20% 5.30% 0.03% -3.89% -65.66% -5.32% -10.91% -4.81% 0.17% -3.99% -2.96% 0.63% 1.18% 2.45% 4.89% 3.78% 2.29% -1.00% 2.38% 2.37% 3.11% -1.50% 1.69% 1.08% -4.17% -12.41% -7.52% -6.63% -4.03% -4.72% 0.64% 1.99% 4.61% 2.14% 2.01% 2.99% 3.91% 2.73% 5.40% 5.35% 12.95% -0.37% -0.33% 0.46% -0.14% 1.07% -2.26% 0.44% -0.30% -5.70% -2.43% 0.87% 2.22% 0.67% 5.45% 3.58% 6.61% 3.85% 8.39% 1.19% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity%  
      other income:
                                                                                             
      interest income
    13,444,000 165,590,000 12,525,000 14,290,000 19,524,000 17,708,000 23,896,000 22,792,000 23,662,000 20,921,000 32,486,000 19,189,000 12,055,000 525,000 6,809,000 123,000 -16,000 386,000 71,000 63,000 -34,000 114,000 128,000 232,000 131,000 179,000 413,000 925,000 53,000 31,000 29,000 36,000 178,000 512,000 177,000 93,000 213,000 243,000 229,000 323,000 415,000 517,000 598,000 696,000 793,000 857,000 346,000 26,000 7,000 3,000 4,000 21,000 30,000 38,000 45,000 60,000 1,000 20,000 13,000 26,000 75,000 46,000 63,000 139,000 41,000 382,000 101,000 97,000 73,000 97,000 562,000 731,000 1,250,000 1,578,000 1,485,000 1,399,000 887,000 553,000 423,000 326,000 80,000 161,000 2,000 2,000 423,000  3,000 19,000  
      interest expense
    -78,928,000 -87,478,000 -93,487,000 -100,357,000 -106,352,000 -94,476,000 -115,340,000 -105,776,000 -124,765,000 -133,537,000 -86,157,000 -55,939,000 -7,551,000 -8,747,000 -4,638,000 -5,873,000 -11,595,000 -5,411,000 -6,093,000 -6,292,000 -5,493,000 -7,880,000 -9,790,000 -9,524,000 -8,651,000 -9,276,000 -9,540,000 -11,174,000 -9,716,000 -14,896,000 -14,074,000 -11,324,000 -3,773,000  -197,000 -56,000 -279,000 -2,362,000 -4,308,000 -5,134,000 -6,405,000 -6,063,000 -6,696,000 -6,584,000 -6,842,000 -7,640,000 -8,337,000 -8,629,000 -8,737,000 -9,169,000 -9,869,000 -10,163,000 -10,222,000 -10,672,000 -11,553,000 -11,546,000 -7,765,000 -331,000 -211,000  -3,000 -60,000 -950,000 -2,141,000 -4,824,000 -2,121,000 -230,000 -179,000 -193,000 -116,000 -85,000 -115,000 49,000 -269,000 -156,000 -181,000 -65,000 -92,000 -200,000 -91,000 -210,000 -56,000 -28,000 -151,000 -50,000 -32,000 -29,000 -30,000  
      gain on extinguishment of debt
     -11,647,000  -288,000  -96,614,000 -3,200,000                                                                                   
      other income
    168,062,000 114,000  -5,164,000  -9,976,000         87,000 1,011,000    4,118,000                                                                      
      income before income taxes
    711,750 92,881,000 -45,187,000 -44,847,000 -76,170,250 -162,110,000 -119,322,000 -23,249,000        -31,801,000 -32,398,000 -498,000 2,276,000 14,181,000 23,577,000 13,994,000 3,021,000 -14,606,000 5,572,000 4,872,000 9,298,000 -18,314,000 -240,000 -8,858,000 -35,616,000 -65,767,000 -36,646,000 -24,814,000 -26,097,000 -17,913,000 2,610,000 5,472,000 14,335,000 2,967,000 1,504,000 4,839,000 7,728,000 3,526,000 13,630,000 11,395,000 38,465,000 -9,772,000 -9,869,000 -7,642,000 -10,375,000 -6,718,000 -17,172,000 -35,869,000 -12,367,000 -25,275,000 -13,619,000 1,481,000 4,758,000 1,327,000 11,857,000 6,998,000 12,186,000 5,381,000 13,065,000 123,000 11,900,000 11,189,000     8,470,750 15,806,000 12,193,000 5,884,000 6,701,500 8,644,000 10,037,000 8,125,000 5,515,750 8,082,000 7,536,000 6,445,000 3,986,250 4,835,000 5,622,000 5,334,000  
      benefit from income taxes
    -19,035,500 -58,670,000 -10,862,000 -6,610,000 1,174,750 11,798,000 -5,915,000 -1,184,000           2,874,000 4,087,000   687,000 5,748,000 -816,000 3,911,000  7,210,000   9,704,000 29,205,000   11,464,000 9,180,000 -1,639,000 850,000 3,596,000 810,000   2,808,000 1,007,000   14,473,000 -3,451,000 -6,378,000 -1,682,000 -12,656,000 -5,231,000 -19,447,000 -15,255,000 -4,510,000 -10,842,000       4,385,000 1,981,000   2,808,000 2,897,000 1,972,000 914,000 505,000 3,403,000   3,479,000 1,581,000   3,475,000 2,696,000   1,629,000 1,266,000      
      equity in income of unconsolidated affiliate
    4,108,000 3,285,000 4,222,000 3,733,000 3,636,000 3,405,000 3,441,000 2,746,000 3,957,000 2,689,000 -502,000 831,000 -13,000 -13,000 -40,000  -64,000   -256,000 -232,000 774,000 -317,000 331,000 142,000 1,807,000 1,154,000 1,367,000 268,000 1,351,000 314,000 1,065,000 385,000 1,365,000 741,000                                                       
      net income
    65,981,000 37,496,000 -51,827,000 -47,724,000 -240,735,000 -146,907,000 -121,796,000 -21,687,000 -95,905,000 -119,349,000 -765,763,000 -76,902,000 1,199,768,000 -40,425,000 -47,556,000 -21,039,000 -21,655,000 -3,990,000 5,150,000 18,012,000 14,477,000 7,760,000 3,391,000 -8,527,000 4,898,000 10,590,000 8,062,000 -9,737,000 5,363,000 -10,737,000 -25,598,000 -35,497,000 -19,516,000 -25,621,000 -13,892,000 -9,246,000 4,249,000 4,622,000 10,739,000 2,157,000 4,387,000 9,944,000 4,920,000 2,519,000 7,436,000 14,784,000 23,992,000 -6,321,000 -3,491,000 -5,960,000 2,281,000 -1,487,000 2,275,000 -20,614,000 -7,857,000 -14,433,000 -7,283,000 5,118,000 8,169,000 1,594,000 12,296,000 12,927,000 7,801,000 3,400,000 10,392,000 3,063,000 9,092,000 8,292,000 12,116,000 10,666,000 9,258,000 6,291,000 10,522,000 10,225,000 8,585,000 4,181,000 8,576,000 9,690,000 6,539,000 5,361,000 5,758,000 6,628,000 5,953,000 5,176,000 6,718,000 5,241,000 3,745,000 3,563,000  
      yoy
    -127.41% -125.52% -57.45% 120.06% 151.01% 23.09% -84.09% -71.80% -107.99% 195.24% 1510.23% 265.52% -5640.37% 913.16% -1023.42% -216.81% -249.58% -151.42% 51.87% -311.23% 195.57% -26.72% -57.94% -12.43% -8.67% -198.63% -131.49% -72.57% -127.48% -58.09% 84.26% 283.92% -559.31% -654.33% -229.36% -528.65% -3.15% -53.52% 118.27% -14.37% -41.00% -32.74% -79.49% -139.85% -313.00% -348.05% 951.82% 325.08% -253.45% -71.09% -129.03% -89.70% -131.24% -502.77% -196.18% -1005.46% -159.23% -60.41% 4.72% -53.12% 18.32% 322.04% -14.20% -59.00% -14.23% -71.28% -1.79% 31.81% 15.15% 4.31% 7.84% 50.47% 22.69% 5.52% 31.29% -22.01% 48.94% 46.20% 9.84% 3.57% -14.29% 26.46% 58.96% 45.27%      
      qoq
    75.97% -172.35% 8.60% -80.18% 63.87% 20.62% 461.61% -77.39% -19.64% -84.41% 895.76% -106.41% -3067.89% -14.99% 126.04% -2.84% 442.73% -177.48% -71.41% 24.42% 86.56% 128.84% -139.77% -274.09% -53.75% 31.36% -182.80% -281.56% -149.95% -58.06% -27.89% 81.89% -23.83% 84.43% 50.25% -317.60% -8.07% -56.96% 397.87% -50.83% -55.88% 102.11% 95.32% -66.12% -49.70% -38.38% -479.56% 81.07% -41.43% -361.29% -253.40% -165.36% -111.04% 162.36% -45.56% 98.17% -242.30% -37.35% 412.48% -87.04% -4.88% 65.71% 129.44% -67.28% 239.28% -66.31% 9.65% -31.56% 13.59% 15.21% 47.16% -40.21% 2.90% 19.10% 105.33% -51.25% -11.50% 48.19% 21.97% -6.89% -13.13% 11.34% 15.01% -22.95% 28.18% 39.95% 5.11%   
      net income margin %
    5.63% 3.24% -4.54% -4.08% -20.99% -13.07% -10.85% -1.93% -8.34% -10.58% -62.49% -9.86% 180.12% -6.21% -7.24% -3.10% -3.09% -0.55% 0.73% 2.71% 2.43% 1.35% 0.61% -1.61% 0.83% 1.80% 1.36% -1.81% 0.96% -1.94% -4.95% -8.09% -4.44% -6.71% -3.53% -2.43% 1.02% 1.21% 2.69% 0.59% 1.18% 2.86% 1.39% 0.73% 2.04% 4.35% 6.69% -1.98% -1.02% -1.79% 0.64% -0.46% 0.74% -7.20% -2.78% -5.97% -3.03% 2.50% 3.66% 0.82% 5.68% 6.60% 3.94% 1.77% 4.89% 1.96% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity%  
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax
    7,157,000 12,528,000 9,617,000 8,710,000 5,318,000 11,506,000 15,788,000 11,225,000 4,358,000 5,050,000 1,475,000 102,000 2,930,000 1,803,000 684,000 525,000 7,525,000 2,623,000 1,859,000 1,044,000 1,572,500 1,000,000 1,428,000 3,862,000                                                                  
      net income attributable to viasat, inc.
    58,824,000 24,968,000 -61,444,000 -56,434,000 -246,053,000 -158,413,000 -137,584,000 -32,912,000 -100,263,000 -124,399,000 -767,238,000 -77,004,000 1,196,838,000 -42,228,000 -48,240,000 -21,564,000 -29,180,000 -6,613,000 3,291,000 16,968,000 7,357,000 6,760,000 1,963,000 -12,389,000 1,586,000 6,476,000 3,194,000 -11,468,000 2,515,000 -10,404,000 -25,724,000 -34,010,000 -19,946,000 -24,631,000 -13,689,000 -9,039,000 6,650,000 4,243,000 11,019,000 1,855,000 4,450,000 9,747,000 4,936,000 2,608,000 7,549,000 14,811,000 23,947,000 -5,944,000 -3,516,000 -5,993,000 1,897,000 -1,834,000 1,931,000 -20,776,000 -7,907,000 -14,420,000 -7,378,000 5,140,000 7,975,000 1,759,000 12,144,000 12,924,000 7,786,000 3,261,000 10,446,000 3,246,000 9,175,000 8,269,000                      
      basic net income per share attributable to viasat, inc. common stockholders:
    -0.173 0.18 -0.45 -0.43 -0.643 -1.23 -1.07 -0.26                                                                                  
      diluted net income per share attributable to viasat, inc. common stockholders:
    -0.173 0.18 -0.45 -0.43 -0.643 -1.23 -1.07 -0.26                                                                                  
      shares used in computing basic net income per share
    596 135,730 135,119 131,578 508 128,941 128,376 126,580 2,872 125,097 124,529 93,106 329 76,138 75,758 74,863 393 73,917 73,544 71,543 740 67,995 66,576 62,511 227 61,813 61,480 60,917 244 60,152 59,734 59,208 201 58,638 58,229 57,842 1,776 52,976 49,503 49,133 189 48,712 48,205 47,918 219 47,375 46,863 46,528 168 45,935 45,484 45,110 269 44,189 43,615 43,182 193 42,452 42,142 41,803 254 41,205 40,640 39,968 1,157 32,777 31,616 31,198 73 30,836 30,743 30,515                  
      shares used in computing diluted net income per share
    596 140,915 135,119 131,578 508 128,941 128,376 126,580 2,872 125,097 124,529 93,106 329 76,138 75,758 74,863 -951 73,917 74,872 72,818 1,316 68,668 67,006 62,511 227 62,916 62,761 60,917 244 60,152 59,734 59,208 201 58,638 58,229 57,842 1,749 54,015 50,533 50,170 215 49,630 49,125 48,840 188 48,439 48,016 46,528 168 45,935 47,067 45,110 269 44,189 43,615 43,182 211 44,333 43,894 43,749 260 43,352 42,717 42,125 1,248 34,725 33,047 32,683 58 31,699 32,138 31,595                  
      comprehensive income:
                                                                                             
      other comprehensive income, net of tax:
                                                                                             
      foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax
    1,511 971 -5,463 25,259 12,928 -27,387 15,079 -9,895 -10,581 17,143 -12,107 8,527 4,394 24,850 -21,995 -20,341 4,549 -9,297 -10,934 -15,742 3,189 9,047 4,418 -803 -5,530 -2,371 -1,436 -2,284 -1,805 -1,279 -7,104 203 2,320 3,619 6,321 3,525 -59 -1,331 -175 -764 -213 -235 -681 867 -772 -749 -1,212 592 167 247 1,116 -42                                      
      unrealized gain on hedging, net of tax
        -824 -9,542 -4,914 -1,088 4,457 4,548 -4,839 6,297             184 45 96 -50 38 -326 -14 -28 17 92 21 -124 21 -100 116 -88 -20 114 -1 16 -47 44 -94 192 77                                      
      other comprehensive income, net of tax
    1,511 971 -5,463 25,259 12,104 -36,929 10,165 -10,983 -6,124 21,691 -16,946 14,824 4,394 24,850 -21,995 -20,341 4,549 -9,297 -10,934  3,189 9,047 4,418      -1,709 -1,329 -7,066 -123 2,306 3,591 6,338 3,617   -154 -864   -701 981 -773 -733 -1,259 599 211 153 1,308 35 -1,226 66 1,028 -701                                  
      comprehensive income
    67,492 38,467 -57,290 -22,465 -228,631 -183,836 -111,631 -32,670 -102,029 -97,658 -782,709 -62,078 1,204,162 -15,575 -69,551 -41,380 -17,106 -13,287 -5,784 2,270 17,666 16,807 7,809  -629 8,403 6,629      -17,210 -22,030 -7,554 -5,629 4,211 3,167 10,585 1,293 4,290 9,621 4,219 3,500 6,663 14,051 22,733    3,589  1,049 -20,548 -6,829 -15,134                                  
      less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax
    7,157 12,528 9,617 8,710 5,318 11,506 15,788 11,225 4,358 5,050 1,475 102 2,930 1,803 684 525 7,525 2,623 1,859 1,044 1,572.5 1,000 1,428 3,862                                                                  
      comprehensive income attributable to viasat, inc.
    60,335 25,939 -66,907 -31,175 -233,949 -195,342 -127,419 -43,895 -106,387 -102,708 -784,184 -62,180 1,201,232 -17,378 -70,235 -41,905 -24,631 -15,910 -7,643 1,226 10,546 15,807 6,381  -1,914.25 4,289 1,761      -17,640 -21,040 -7,351 -5,422 6,612 2,788 10,865 991 4,353 9,424 4,235 3,589 6,776 14,078 22,688    3,205  705 -20,710 -6,879 -15,121                                  
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
            -100,808,000 -156,534,000 -858,338,000 -78,266,000 -68,188,000 -39,533,000 3,402,000                                                                           
      benefit from income taxes from continuing operations
            11,368,000 34,496,000 93,077,000 533,000                                                                              
      net income from continuing operations
            -85,483,000 -119,349,000 -765,763,000 -76,902,000 -58,574,000 -44,758,000 -72,717,000                                                                           
      net income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                1,258,342,000 4,333,000 25,161,000                                                                           
      income per share attributable to viasat, inc. common stockholders - basic:
                                                                                             
      continuing operations
            -0.56 -0.99 -6.16 -0.83 -0.81 -0.61 -0.97                                                                           
      discontinued operations
                16.58 0.06 0.33                                                                           
      income
            -0.65 -0.99 -6.16 -0.83 15.77 -0.55 -0.64                                                                           
      income per share attributable to viasat, inc. common stockholders - diluted:
                                                                                             
      income per share attributable to viasat, inc. common stockholders - diluted
                                                                                             
      (benefit from) benefit from income taxes from continuing operations
                -14,761,250 -5,212,000 -76,079,000                                                                           
      (benefit from) benefit from income taxes
                   10,762,000 867,250 -3,492,000   -8,868,000 -7,008,000     -2,390,000  8,919,750 -3,230,000   4,618,000 -2,172,000       -2,883,000 -5,105,000   1,908,250 -3,389,000           -6,336,000 -3,637,000 -3,411,000 -267,000                              
      basic net income per share attributable to viasat, inc. common stockholders
                   -0.29 -0.4 -0.09 0.04 0.24 0.12 0.1 0.03 -0.2 -0.008 0.1 0.05 -0.19 0.04 -0.17 -0.43 -0.57 -0.34 -0.42 -0.24 -0.16 0.11 0.08 0.22 0.04 0.09 0.2 0.1 0.05 0.16 0.31 0.51 -0.13 -0.08 -0.13 0.04 -0.04 0.05 -0.47 -0.18 -0.33 -0.17 0.12 0.19 0.04 0.29 0.31 0.19 0.08 0.29 0.1 0.29 0.27                      
      diluted net income per share attributable to viasat, inc. common stockholders
                   -0.29 -0.39 -0.09 0.04 0.23 0.12 0.1 0.03 -0.2 -0.008 0.1 0.05 -0.19 0.04 -0.17 -0.43 -0.57 -0.34 -0.42 -0.24 -0.16 0.12 0.08 0.22 0.04 0.09 0.2 0.1 0.05 0.16 0.31 0.5 -0.13 -0.08 -0.13 0.04 -0.04 0.05 -0.47 -0.18 -0.33 -0.17 0.12 0.18 0.04 0.28 0.3 0.18 0.08 0.27 0.09 0.28 0.25                      
      other comprehensive loss, net of tax
                       -15,742    -803 -1,464.75 -2,187 -1,433 -2,239         -618.25 -1,455   -10.75 -323                                                
      comprehensive loss
                           -9,330    -11,976 -20,087.5 -12,066 -32,664 -35,620                -5,722 -917.5 -5,807  -1,452                                      
      comprehensive loss attributable to viasat, inc.
                           -13,192    -13,707 -19,664 -11,733 -32,790 -34,133                -5,345 -1,108.5 -5,840  -1,799                                      
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax
                            3,312,000 4,114,000 4,868,000 1,731,000 2,848,000 -333,000 126,000 -1,487,000 430,000 -990,000 -203,000 -207,000                                                      
      less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax
                            3,312 4,114 4,868 1,731   126  430 -990 -203                                                       
      loss on extinguishment of debt
                                      -10,217,000                   -26,501,000                                    
      less: comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax
                                -423.5 -333  -1,487                                                          
      equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliate
                                       -513,000                                                      
      less: comprehensive income attributable to the noncontrolling interests, net of tax
                                       -207                                                      
      less: net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest, net of tax
                                        100,250 379,000 -280,000 302,000 -63,000 197,000 -16,000 -89,000 -113,000 -27,000 45,000 -377,000 25,000 33,000 384,000 347,000 344,000 162,000 50,000 -13,000 95,000 -22,000 194,000 -165,000 152,000 3,000 15,000 139,000 -54,000 -183,000 -83,000 23,000                      
      less: comprehensive income attributable to the noncontrolling interest, net of tax
                                        100.25 379 -280 302 -63 197 -16  -113 -27 45 -377 25 33 384 347 344 162 50                                   
      less: comprehensive loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest, net of tax
                                               -89            -13                                  
      comprehensive loss:
                                                                                             
      unrealized gain on hedging, net of tax of 77, (268), 103 and (268) respectively
                                                        40.25 121                                    
      foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax of 29, (74), (11) and (74) respectively
                                                        58 -55                                    
      unrealized gain on hedging, net of tax of 82, 0, 26 and 0 respectively
                                                          129                                   
      foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax of 73, 0, (40) and 0 respectively
                                                          899                                   
      unrealized loss on hedging, net of tax of 56 and 0, respectively
                                                           -89                                  
      foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax of 113 and 0, respectively
                                                           -612                                  
      benefit for income taxes
                                                                109,250 -5,929,000   691,250 -2,940,000       2,465,750 4,803,000   1,269,000 -1,095,000   1,084,250 1,442,000   -2,059,000 -408,000 1,877,000 1,771,000  
      revenues
                                                                      160,666,000 158,408,000 165,576,000 150,362,000 159,280,000 152,961,000 147,410,000 152,053,000 146,625,000 128,562,000 132,028,000 124,336,000 131,501,000 128,701,000 118,126,000 111,608,000 104,112,000 99,977,000 90,939,000 88,187,000 82,643,000 84,170,000  
      cost of revenues
                                                                      111,656,000 111,713,000 117,724,000 105,529,000 115,551,000 108,020,000 106,769,000 105,842,000 104,513,000 96,396,000 94,150,000 90,383,000 97,444,000 98,115,000 87,711,000 83,685,000 78,154,000 75,721,000 68,204,000 68,472,000 62,808,000 62,776,000  
      income before income taxes and minority interest
                                                                        14,148,000 11,540,000 9,780,000 9,773,000                  
      minority interest in net earnings of subsidiary, net of tax
                                                                        60,000 -40,000 17,000 79,000 22,000 778,000 129,000 122,000 125,000 49,000 23,000 68,000 141,000 12,000 -46,000 3,000      
      basic net income per share
                                                                        0.4 0.35 0.3 0.21 0.35 0.34 0.28 0.14 0.3 0.34 0.23 0.19 0.21 0.24 0.22 0.19 0.25 0.2 0.14 0.13  
      diluted net income per share
                                                                        0.38 0.34 0.29 0.2 0.33 0.32 0.27 0.13 0.27 0.31 0.21 0.18 0.19 0.23 0.21 0.18 0.23 0.19 0.13 0.13  
      amortization of intangible assets
                                                                            1,793,250 2,389,000 2,391,000 2,393,000 2,300,000 2,521,000 2,621,000 2,060,000 2,088,000 1,694,000 1,512,000 1,512,000 1,512,000 1,512,000 1,660,000 1,958,000  
      shares used in basic net income per share computation
                                                                            7,541 30,338 30,196 29,958 7,088 28,687 28,586 27,791 6,754.75 27,170 26,997 26,890 6,679.75 26,775 26,759 26,587  
      shares used in diluted net income per share computation
                                                                            8,077.25 32,458 32,231 32,214 7,605.5 30,773 30,520 29,728 7,160.25 29,177 28,634 28,179 7,034.5 28,104 28,049 28,276  
      gross profit
                                                                                    30,415,000 27,923,000 25,958,000 24,256,000 22,735,000 19,715,000 19,835,000 21,394,000  
      yoy
                                                                                    33.78% 41.63% 30.87% 13.38%      
      qoq
                                                                                    8.92% 7.57% 7.02% 6.69% 15.32% -0.60% -7.29%   
      gross margin %
    0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity%  
      minority interest in net earnings of subsidiary, net of taxes
                                                                                        22,750 2,000    
      selling, general and administrative.
                                                                                          10,832,000   
      minority interest
                                                                                          -120,000 -34,000  
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        assets
                                                                                               
        current assets:
                                                                                               
        cash and cash equivalents
      1,746,835,000 1,346,136,000 1,230,074,000 1,177,492,000 1,612,105,000 1,556,489,000 3,529,770,000 1,811,599,000 1,901,033,000 1,621,228,000 1,961,583,000 1,958,506,000 1,348,854,000 182,130,000 149,172,000 221,520,000 310,459,000 166,032,000 217,654,000 275,688,000 295,949,000 317,344,000 350,433,000 232,418,000 304,309,000 47,778,000 87,045,000 129,883,000 261,701,000 43,365,000 44,458,000 54,789,000 71,446,000 161,821,000 242,708,000 160,556,000 130,098,000 284,943,000 51,275,000 47,252,000 42,088,000 63,864,000 46,406,000 42,494,000 52,263,000 97,644,000 41,929,000 58,140,000 58,347,000 41,362,000 67,103,000 79,682,000 105,738,000 112,667,000 136,118,000 129,892,000 172,583,000 45,842,000 36,007,000 26,113,000 40,490,000 45,364,000 53,781,000 57,331,000 89,631,000 67,116,000 83,884,000 104,272,000 63,491,000 63,711,000 90,790,000 110,865,000 125,176,000 121,073,000 128,001,000 113,191,000 103,345,000 76,619,000 47,268,000 46,226,000 36,723,000 22,075,000 28,119,000 19,154,000 14,579,000 8,855,000 11,214,000 19,400,000 18,510,000 
        accounts receivable
      753,430,000 749,395,000 682,820,000 686,185,000 699,552,000 648,962,000 717,250,000 694,889,000 678,210,000 675,846,000 664,482,000 630,530,000 419,934,000 368,827,000 320,249,000 372,118,000 359,269,000 363,013,000 369,222,000 364,494,000 238,652,000 202,792,000 249,581,000 270,436,000 330,698,000 316,439,000 294,067,000 303,619,000 300,307,000 295,325,000 268,803,000 236,085,000 267,665,000 228,037,000 251,879,000 215,053,000 263,721,000 254,759,000 276,497,000 262,670,000 286,724,000 259,754,000 304,517,000 294,522,000 266,339,000 268,102,000 279,732,000 279,148,000 271,891,000 282,594,000 273,231,000 260,701,000 266,970,000 237,551,000 231,606,000 221,894,000 211,690,000 184,299,000 198,488,000 177,066,000 191,889,000 175,949,000 171,944,000 161,808,000 176,351,000 185,601,000 206,816,000 183,832,000 164,106,000 166,149,000 157,844,000 152,422,000 155,484,000 147,356,000 132,963,000 131,640,000 139,789,000 154,915,000 163,874,000 151,378,000 144,715,000 157,498,000 157,723,000 154,951,000 141,298,000 138,356,000 125,981,000 112,940,000 110,766,000 
        inventories
      281,220,000 286,954,000 278,658,000 284,216,000 293,943,000 320,137,000 327,008,000 329,829,000 317,878,000 353,551,000 345,602,000 335,561,000 268,563,000 260,886,000 244,284,000 362,007,000 341,890,000 353,993,000 348,342,000 349,687,000 336,672,000 334,919,000 332,927,000 312,686,000 294,416,000 283,300,000 269,517,000 263,833,000 234,518,000 230,122,000 232,078,000 220,018,000 196,307,000 182,059,000 181,399,000 177,943,000 163,201,000 158,460,000 151,631,000 155,511,000 145,161,000 141,261,000 123,342,000 127,278,000 128,367,000 129,187,000 126,817,000 128,567,000 119,601,000 126,491,000 128,159,000 125,692,000 106,281,000 126,437,000 132,890,000 137,837,000 127,646,000 129,763,000 122,343,000 124,439,000 98,555,000 95,747,000 88,215,000 88,466,000 82,962,000 80,173,000 67,364,000 67,646,000 65,562,000 62,391,000 59,760,000 57,822,000 60,326,000 56,371,000 46,728,000 43,511,000 46,034,000 50,813,000 45,341,000 48,657,000 49,883,000 40,086,000 36,032,000 35,719,000 36,612,000 35,835,000 30,742,000 30,215,000 30,357,000 
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      342,522,000 266,424,000 243,823,000 307,912,000 282,343,000 316,012,000 487,059,000 490,784,000 581,783,000 1,055,683,000 1,080,343,000 333,642,000 176,629,000 156,932,000 148,122,000 172,692,000 147,854,000 144,833,000 131,169,000 143,159,000 119,960,000 112,548,000 108,178,000 105,985,000 116,281,000 102,724,000 105,004,000 106,847,000 90,646,000 115,844,000 233,258,000 102,977,000 77,135,000 76,356,000 72,389,000 66,194,000 57,836,000 53,562,000 49,302,000 53,453,000 49,361,000 48,356,000 47,842,000 47,186,000 44,702,000 43,517,000 38,993,000 40,681,000 44,070,000 44,212,000 36,958,000 39,229,000 40,819,000 36,663,000 34,718,000 32,312,000 30,917,000 51,411,000 44,568,000 24,066,000 21,141,000 25,329,000 23,583,000 22,165,000 28,857,000 21,532,000 23,159,000 19,194,000 18,941,000 21,383,000 17,131,000 12,816,000 15,933,000 20,907,000 11,883,000 8,385,000 9,218,000 10,331,000 11,445,000 8,408,000 5,960,000 6,905,000 5,163,000 5,315,000 10,114,000 12,927,000 12,669,000 10,242,000 9,251,000 
        total current assets
      3,124,007,000 2,648,909,000 2,435,375,000 2,455,805,000 2,887,943,000 2,841,600,000 5,061,087,000 3,327,101,000 3,478,904,000 3,736,308,000 4,059,194,000 3,426,469,000 2,244,512,000 1,252,179,000 1,147,076,000 1,128,337,000 1,159,472,000 1,027,871,000 1,066,387,000 1,133,028,000 991,233,000 967,603,000 1,041,119,000 921,525,000 1,045,704,000 750,241,000 755,633,000 804,182,000 887,172,000 684,656,000 785,766,000 613,869,000 612,553,000 648,273,000 748,375,000 619,746,000 614,856,000 751,724,000 528,705,000 518,886,000 523,334,000 580,708,000 584,118,000 569,606,000 548,746,000 577,145,000 525,742,000 541,018,000 531,621,000 519,758,000 530,538,000 530,319,000 544,873,000 533,532,000 555,623,000 542,309,000 563,152,000 429,896,000 419,719,000 370,489,000 370,880,000 359,735,000 354,869,000 347,116,000 395,147,000 394,788,000 407,947,000 401,668,000 338,824,000 332,298,000 344,210,000 352,589,000 375,626,000 373,481,000 335,438,000 312,590,000 308,154,000 299,850,000 275,101,000 261,841,000 244,453,000 233,713,000 234,186,000 222,287,000  202,130,000 186,445,000 178,444,000 174,531,000 
        property, equipment and satellites
      7,272,637,000 7,299,465,000 7,285,257,000 7,339,470,000 7,405,664,000 7,555,524,000 7,486,345,000 7,531,809,000 7,557,206,000 7,374,342,000 7,708,056,000 9,162,891,000 4,378,283,000 4,198,133,000 4,002,742,000 3,864,499,000 3,741,912,000 3,603,181,000 3,465,367,000 3,389,443,000 3,050,483,000 2,973,733,000 2,848,640,000 2,715,822,000 2,586,735,000 2,513,013,000 2,363,916,000                                       612,331,000                        
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      427,994,000 431,027,000 424,811,000 429,479,000 416,490,000 422,021,000 413,279,000 380,169,000 393,077,000 408,367,000 422,959,000 442,654,000 281,757,000 310,398,000 317,921,000 345,369,000 356,176,000 344,499,000 340,165,000 344,656,000 340,456,000 331,066,000 339,770,000 304,975,000 308,441,000 312,509,000 319,698,000 320,227,000                                                              
        acquired intangible assets
      1,997,436,000 2,061,858,000 2,126,896,000 2,191,774,000                                                                                      
        goodwill
      1,625,013,000 1,626,275,000 1,626,078,000 1,626,221,000 1,622,132,000 1,620,267,000 1,623,760,000 1,621,473,000 1,621,763,000 1,613,706,000 1,375,542,000 1,592,057,000 158,542,000 166,293,000 162,003,000 187,359,000 190,113,000 190,907,000 191,125,000 181,737,000 122,300,000 122,448,000 121,765,000 121,285,000 121,197,000 121,745,000 121,223,000 121,615,000 121,719,000 121,506,000 122,676,000 122,455,000 121,085,000 120,682,000 120,592,000 120,419,000 119,876,000 119,625,000 116,404,000 116,560,000 117,040,000 117,186,000 117,375,000 117,700,000 117,241,000 117,276,000 117,617,000 117,930,000 83,627,000 83,299,000 83,139,000 82,632,000 83,000,000 83,561,000 83,537,000 83,171,000 83,461,000 83,151,000 83,345,000 83,702,000 83,532,000 82,559,000 83,341,000 75,012,000 75,024,000 74,062,000 65,429,000 65,429,000 65,429,000 66,407,000 66,407,000 66,407,000 66,407,000 67,210,000 67,210,000 65,988,000 65,988,000 48,855,000 48,855,000 48,855,000 28,133,000 28,133,000 19,492,000 19,492,000 19,492,000 19,492,000 19,492,000 19,492,000 19,492,000 
        other assets
      779,509,000 843,740,000 857,571,000 853,057,000 845,778,000 822,851,000 759,661,000 751,825,000 733,947,000 744,267,000 734,456,000 727,405,000 466,038,000 667,747,000 669,265,000 735,604,000 705,630,000 682,486,000 686,485,000 683,728,000 835,427,000 842,777,000 840,072,000 827,726,000 807,352,000 799,905,000 788,614,000 779,863,000 758,805,000 744,851,000 744,740,000 742,158,000 686,134,000 658,813,000 642,090,000 605,528,000 529,366,000 380,342,000 369,796,000 361,867,000 346,761,000 264,267,000 276,906,000 276,021,000 269,808,000 268,607,000 255,157,000 267,511,000 256,968,000 256,008,000 241,684,000 219,740,000 205,248,000 185,238,000 162,584,000 154,696,000 136,795,000 126,556,000 115,524,000 106,546,000 103,308,000 93,308,000 83,821,000 84,825,000 82,499,000 78,893,000 36,827,000 33,781,000 31,809,000 21,986,000 19,954,000 17,862,000 18,891,000 19,744,000 23,721,000 26,190,000 24,733,000 22,071,000 16,826,000 20,005,000 22,289,000 17,965,000 18,671,000 18,869,000 18,273,000 16,516,000 17,703,000 18,405,000 18,975,000 
        total assets
      15,226,596,000 14,911,274,000 14,755,988,000 14,895,806,000 15,448,784,000 15,600,351,000 17,754,984,000 16,087,869,000 16,329,364,000 16,650,655,000 17,072,044,000 17,897,606,000 7,730,337,000 6,801,924,000 6,510,280,000 6,483,355,000 6,389,346,000 6,086,794,000 5,992,860,000 5,994,533,000 5,349,467,000 5,248,706,000 5,203,396,000 4,904,374,000 4,883,868,000 4,513,684,000 4,367,051,000 4,262,286,000 3,915,287,000 3,629,716,000 3,629,627,000 3,544,268,000 3,414,109,000 3,315,607,000 3,288,221,000 3,078,714,000 2,954,653,000 2,883,080,000 2,583,235,000 2,491,249,000 2,405,846,000 2,336,058,000 2,245,799,000 2,202,996,000 2,158,378,000 2,153,324,000 2,014,764,000 2,056,280,000 1,960,115,000 1,929,408,000 1,899,553,000 1,837,271,000 1,794,072,000 1,748,935,000 1,743,369,000 1,721,617,000 1,727,153,000 1,579,663,000 1,525,567,000 1,414,245,000 1,405,748,000 1,355,901,000 1,333,651,000 1,271,787,000 1,293,552,000 1,254,031,000 738,518,000 703,235,000 622,942,000 584,795,000 563,290,000 540,878,000 551,094,000 543,454,000 512,327,000 490,250,000 483,939,000 442,724,000 415,687,000 406,641,000 365,069,000 345,086,000 326,872,000 314,447,000  293,974,000 281,494,000 273,599,000 272,682,000 
        liabilities and equity
                                                                                               
        current liabilities:
                                                                                               
        accounts payable
      288,154,000 309,182,000 308,714,000 241,866,000 264,300,000 218,585,000 246,748,000 230,882,000 287,206,000 314,611,000 388,582,000 377,638,000 271,548,000 300,115,000 244,917,000 246,516,000 219,088,000 251,335,000 193,247,000 204,198,000 145,134,000 122,342,000 169,264,000 175,955,000 183,601,000 152,386,000 141,746,000 145,544,000 157,275,000 160,850,000 165,317,000 149,548,000 157,481,000 115,112,000 101,052,000 84,014,000 100,270,000 79,485,000 97,783,000 94,413,000 95,645,000 82,113,000 80,407,000 73,412,000 76,931,000 82,330,000 74,436,000 86,379,000 98,852,000 112,238,000 125,795,000 121,309,000 83,009,000 76,930,000 80,646,000 75,731,000 75,040,000 62,880,000 65,894,000 64,545,000 71,712,000 55,023,000 73,250,000 73,226,000 78,355,000 67,022,000 58,223,000 51,198,000 63,397,000 53,357,000 55,323,000 50,609,000 52,317,000 52,853,000 53,432,000 45,308,000 43,516,000 44,517,000 52,552,000 44,918,000 50,577,000 44,454,000 42,430,000 40,886,000 38,523,000 40,144,000 37,404,000 34,629,000 32,635,000 
        accrued and other liabilities
      951,192,000 899,555,000 814,100,000 867,316,000 908,529,000 854,900,000 898,915,000 791,102,000 950,621,000 999,068,000 1,098,184,000 1,034,065,000 647,232,000 445,733,000 452,644,000 441,141,000 516,422,000 505,702,000 511,093,000 510,029,000 532,831,000 485,565,000 423,018,000 359,762,000 391,190,000 355,916,000 330,011,000 324,885,000                                                              
        current portion of long-term debt
      57,753,000 36,916,000 49,503,000 52,161,000 503,825,000 506,922,000 2,377,989,000 57,764,000 58,054,000 62,838,000 62,630,000 59,757,000 37,939,000 41,261,000 38,577,000 38,471,000 34,911,000 29,590,000 29,965,000 30,328,000 30,472,000 33,735,000 32,301,000 29,470,000 29,788,000 30,101,000 29,962,000 19,652,000 19,937,000 21,755,000 47,702,000 45,300,000 45,300,000 45,599,000 22,945,000 19,300,000                                                      
        total current liabilities
      1,297,099,000 1,245,653,000 1,172,317,000 1,161,343,000 1,676,654,000 1,580,407,000 3,523,652,000 1,079,748,000 1,295,881,000 1,376,517,000 1,549,396,000 1,471,460,000 956,719,000 851,223,000 803,622,000 726,128,000 770,421,000 786,627,000 734,305,000 744,555,000 708,437,000 641,642,000 624,583,000 565,187,000 604,579,000 538,403,000 501,719,000 490,081,000 485,480,000 474,865,000 463,426,000 447,160,000 466,457,000 386,579,000 330,997,000 307,545,000 325,517,000 278,555,000 284,190,000 251,307,000 279,989,000 248,944,000 252,377,000 227,344,000 268,257,000 269,333,000 245,266,000 253,044,000 274,826,000 269,669,000 283,336,000 268,589,000 247,148,000 217,504,000 236,322,000 225,250,000 236,042,000 203,466,000 184,415,000 181,035,000 203,423,000 177,961,000 182,410,000 170,994,000 180,606,000 167,243,000 139,349,000 116,533,000 135,434,000 120,036,000 112,571,000 104,196,000 127,375,000 133,464,000 112,940,000 103,798,000 120,748,000 114,345,000 104,015,000 104,276,000 91,546,000 85,363,000 81,131,000 76,720,000  69,976,000 64,561,000 60,586,000 66,685,000 
        senior notes
      3,664,848,000 3,661,857,000 3,658,865,000 3,655,874,000 3,652,882,000 3,649,874,000 3,646,968,000 4,367,667,000 4,354,714,000 4,342,617,000 4,333,129,000 3,610,544,000 1,689,186,000 1,688,445,000 1,687,705,000 1,686,965,000 1,686,225,000 1,685,484,000 1,684,744,000 1,684,004,000 1,683,264,000 1,682,523,000 1,681,773,000 1,680,902,000 1,285,497,000 1,284,913,000 1,284,329,000 1,283,746,000 1,282,898,000 691,803,000 691,497,000 691,192,000 690,886,000 690,581,000 690,270,000 575,385,000 575,380,000 575,368,000 575,352,000 575,330,000 581,374,000 581,702,000 582,025,000 582,343,000 582,657,000 582,965,000 583,268,000 583,567,000 583,861,000 584,151,000 584,436,000 584,717,000 584,993,000 585,265,000 548,039,000 547,915,000 547,791,000                                 
        other long-term debt
      2,726,004,000 2,581,718,000 2,875,867,000 2,876,741,000 2,879,402,000 2,885,929,000 2,757,952,000 2,761,181,000 2,774,521,000 2,879,963,000 2,895,200,000 3,607,750,000 732,315,000 1,210,569,000 959,274,000 902,880,000 764,991,000 463,908,000 425,829,000 427,843,000 119,420,000 121,225,000 132,904,000 134,636,000 536,166,000 257,778,000 159,636,000 99,210,000 110,005,000 445,032,000 460,101,000 381,709,000 287,519,000 285,557,000 306,202,000 255,458,000 273,103,000 271,776,000 485,124,000 458,730,000 372,688,000 355,257,000 277,071,000 279,140,000 223,736,000 235,853,000 140,843,000 205,832,000 105,900,000 85,914,000 35,914,000 1,456,000 1,456,000 62,000 131,000 454,000 774,000 171,089,000 171,401,000 76,710,000 61,946,000 51,991,000 47,233,000                           
        non-current operating lease liabilities
      430,082,000 433,984,000 426,514,000 433,428,000 414,133,000 411,784,000 411,189,000 369,342,000 379,644,000 383,614,000 397,494,000 419,888,000 273,006,000 281,204,000 289,746,000 316,096,000 327,664,000 317,941,000 310,565,000 316,094,000 313,762,000 303,950,000 313,085,000 281,937,000 286,550,000 289,159,000 296,707,000 297,867,000                                                              
        other liabilities
      2,379,301,000 2,357,319,000 2,049,390,000 2,166,448,000 2,181,153,000 2,226,228,000 2,405,743,000 2,422,278,000 2,452,100,000 2,522,149,000 2,669,122,000 2,812,092,000 218,542,000 148,295,000 141,742,000 149,174,000 157,451,000 157,104,000 163,947,000 165,027,000 137,350,000 152,040,000 143,360,000 142,529,000 120,934,000 118,120,000 118,824,000 118,090,000 120,826,000 131,970,000 130,266,000 132,260,000 121,240,000 117,838,000 112,979,000 109,890,000 42,722,000 40,739,000 38,602,000 37,928,000 37,371,000 36,008,000 37,227,000 39,214,000 39,995,000 40,975,000 43,586,000 46,178,000 48,893,000 51,542,000 51,669,000 52,548,000 52,640,000 58,039,000 57,060,000 54,634,000 50,353,000 45,242,000 24,422,000 24,546,000 23,842,000 30,309,000 30,200,000 25,438,000 24,395,000 31,251,000 24,443,000 24,722,000 24,718,000 18,693,000 18,585,000 18,324,000 17,290,000 17,364,000 20,465,000 20,754,000 13,273,000 11,185,000 11,314,000 10,325,000 9,389,000 7,250,000 5,740,000 4,162,000 3,911,000 3,834,000 3,445,000 3,487,000 2,944,000 
        total liabilities
      10,497,334,000 10,280,531,000 10,182,953,000 10,293,834,000 10,804,224,000 10,754,222,000 12,745,504,000 11,000,216,000 11,256,860,000 11,504,860,000 11,844,341,000 11,921,734,000 3,869,768,000 4,179,736,000 3,882,089,000 3,781,243,000 3,706,752,000 3,411,064,000 3,319,390,000 3,337,523,000 2,962,233,000 2,901,380,000 2,895,705,000 2,805,191,000 2,833,726,000 2,488,373,000 2,361,215,000 2,288,994,000 1,999,209,000 1,743,670,000 1,745,290,000 1,652,321,000 1,566,102,000 1,480,555,000 1,440,448,000 1,248,278,000 1,216,722,000 1,166,438,000 1,383,268,000 1,323,295,000 1,271,422,000 1,221,911,000 1,148,700,000 1,128,041,000 1,114,645,000 1,129,126,000 1,012,963,000 1,088,621,000 1,013,480,000 991,276,000 955,355,000 907,310,000 886,237,000 860,870,000 841,552,000 828,253,000 834,960,000 692,464,000 652,782,000 554,711,000 561,507,000 532,433,000 531,891,000 498,356,000 536,802,000 610,171,000 243,792,000 221,255,000 160,152,000 138,729,000 131,156,000 122,520,000 144,665,000 150,828,000 133,405,000 124,552,000 134,021,000 125,530,000 115,329,000 114,601,000 100,935,000 92,613,000 86,871,000 80,882,000  73,810,000 68,006,000 64,073,000 69,629,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                               
        equity:
                                                                                               
        viasat, inc. stockholders’ equity
                                                                                               
        preferred stock, 0.0001 par value...
                                                                                               
        common stock, 0.0001 par value...
      14,000    13,000    13,000    8,000    7,000    7,000    6,000    6,000    6,000                                                         
        paid-in capital
      5,044,536,000 5,013,510,000 4,994,269,000 4,965,831,000 4,926,259,000 4,899,100,000 4,878,615,000 4,845,072,000 4,797,253,000 4,768,444,000 4,752,694,000 4,718,054,000 2,540,679,000 2,506,355,000 2,496,783,000 2,482,847,000 2,421,950,000 2,397,903,000 2,382,356,000 2,360,023,000 2,092,595,000 2,070,353,000 2,047,525,000 1,846,827,000 1,788,456,000 1,762,996,000 1,751,924,000 1,726,009,000 1,656,819,000 1,630,441,000 1,614,224,000 1,589,167,000 1,535,635,000 1,513,990,000 1,504,630,000 1,479,768,000 1,439,645,000 1,422,575,000 909,067,000 887,637,000 855,387,000 839,541,000 832,114,000 814,189,000 786,467,000 773,595,000 765,664,000 753,840,000 776,452,000 763,910,000 750,019,000 738,965,000 715,115,000 695,908,000 683,401,000 667,997,000 649,672,000 637,616,000 623,475,000 616,713,000 601,029,000 592,769,000 580,235,000 561,423,000 545,962,000 435,375,000 288,413,000 284,953,000 273,102,000 269,154,000 264,915,000 259,689,000 255,856,000    232,693,000    177,876,000    163,819,000    159,323,000 
        retained earnings
      -359,616,000 -418,440,000 -443,408,000 -381,964,000 -325,530,000 -79,477,000 78,936,000 216,520,000 249,432,000 349,695,000 474,094,000 1,241,332,000 1,318,336,000 121,498,000 163,726,000 211,966,000 233,530,000 262,710,000 269,323,000 266,032,000 249,064,000 241,707,000 234,947,000 232,984,000 245,373,000 243,787,000 237,311,000 234,117,000 245,585,000 243,070,000 252,107,000 277,831,000 285,960,000 308,123,000 332,754,000 346,443,000 297,471,000 290,821,000 286,578,000 275,559,000 273,704,000 269,254,000 259,507,000 254,571,000 251,963,000 244,414,000 229,603,000 205,656,000 211,600,000 215,116,000 221,109,000 219,212,000 221,046,000 219,115,000 239,891,000 247,798,000 262,218,000 269,596,000 264,456,000 256,481,000 254,722,000 242,578,000 229,654,000 221,868,000 218,607,000 208,161,000 204,915,000 195,740,000 187,471,000 175,355,000 164,689,000 155,431,000 149,140,000 138,618,000 128,393,000 119,808,000 115,969,000 107,393,000 97,703,000 91,164,000 85,803,000 80,045,000 73,417,000 67,464,000 62,288,000 55,570,000 50,329,000 46,584,000 43,021,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      -24,633,000 -26,144,000 -27,115,000 -21,652,000 -46,911,000 -59,015,000 -22,086,000 -32,251,000 -21,268,000 -15,144,000 -36,835,000 -19,889,000 -34,713,000 -39,107,000 -63,957,000 -41,962,000 -21,621,000 -26,170,000 -16,873,000 -5,939,000 9,803,000 6,614,000   -6,048,000 -521,000 1,666,000 3,099,000 5,338,000 7,047,000 8,376,000 15,442,000 15,565,000 11,042,000 7,451,000 1,113,000 -2,504,000 -2,466,000 -1,011,000 -857,000 7,000 104,000 427,000 1,128,000 147,000 920,000 1,653,000 2,912,000 2,313,000 2,102,000 1,949,000 641,000 606,000 1,832,000 1,766,000 738,000 1,439,000 758,000 862,000 2,457,000 2,277,000 1,747,000 1,879,000 95,000 459,000 519,000 413,000 192,000 -127,000 -575,000 -343,000 395,000 175,000 187,000 394,000 184,000 130,000 118,000 -14,000 -24,000 -188,000 -254,000 -100,000 154,000 173,000 282,000 25,000 -7,000 128,000 
        total viasat, inc. stockholders’ equity
      4,660,301,000 4,568,940,000 4,523,760,000 4,562,228,000 4,553,831,000 4,760,621,000 4,935,478,000 5,029,354,000 5,025,430,000 5,103,008,000 5,189,966,000 5,939,510,000 3,824,310,000 2,588,754,000 2,596,560,000 2,652,859,000 2,633,866,000 2,634,450,000 2,634,813,000 2,620,123,000 2,351,469,000 2,318,681,000 2,280,046,000 2,072,966,000 2,027,787,000 2,006,268,000 1,990,907,000 1,963,231,000 1,907,748,000 1,880,564,000 1,874,713,000 1,882,446,000 1,837,166,000 1,833,161,000 1,844,841,000 1,827,330,000 1,734,618,000 1,710,936,000 1,194,639,000 1,162,344,000 1,129,103,000 1,108,904,000 1,092,053,000 1,069,893,000 1,038,582,000 1,018,934,000 996,510,000 962,413,000 941,012,000 932,534,000 938,633,000 924,780,000 903,001,000 883,599,000 897,562,000 889,159,000 887,975,000 883,076,000 868,640,000 855,583,000 840,125,000 819,566,000 797,861,000 769,547,000 753,005,000 640,061,000 490,744,000 477,915,000                      
        noncontrolling interest in subsidiary
      68,961,000 61,803,000 49,275,000 39,744,000 90,729,000 85,508,000 74,002,000 58,299,000 47,074,000 42,787,000 37,737,000 36,362,000 36,259,000 33,434,000 31,631,000 49,253,000 48,728,000 41,280,000 38,657,000 36,887,000 35,765,000 28,645,000 27,645,000 26,217,000 22,355,000 19,043,000 14,929,000 10,061,000          5,706,000 5,328,000 5,610,000 5,321,000 5,243,000 5,046,000 5,062,000 5,151,000 5,264,000 5,291,000 5,246,000 5,623,000 5,598,000 5,565,000 5,181,000 4,834,000 4,466,000 4,255,000 4,205,000 4,218,000 4,123,000 4,145,000 3,951,000 4,116,000 3,902,000 3,899,000 3,884,000 3,745,000 3,799,000 3,982,000 4,065,000                      
        total equity
      4,729,262,000 4,630,743,000 4,573,035,000 4,601,972,000 4,644,560,000 4,846,129,000 5,009,480,000 5,087,653,000 5,072,504,000 5,145,795,000 5,227,703,000 5,975,872,000 3,860,569,000 2,622,188,000 2,628,191,000 2,702,112,000 2,682,594,000 2,675,730,000 2,673,470,000 2,657,010,000 2,387,234,000 2,347,326,000 2,307,691,000 2,099,183,000 2,050,142,000 2,025,311,000 2,005,836,000 1,973,292,000 1,916,078,000 1,886,046,000 1,884,337,000 1,891,947,000 1,848,007,000 1,835,052,000 1,847,773,000 1,830,436,000 1,737,931,000 1,716,642,000 1,199,967,000 1,167,954,000 1,134,424,000 1,114,147,000 1,097,099,000 1,074,955,000 1,043,733,000 1,024,198,000 1,001,801,000 967,659,000 946,635,000 938,132,000 944,198,000 929,961,000 907,835,000 888,065,000 901,817,000 893,364,000 892,193,000 887,199,000 872,785,000 859,534,000 844,241,000 823,468,000 801,760,000 773,431,000 756,750,000                         
        total liabilities and equity
      15,226,596,000 14,911,274,000 14,755,988,000 14,895,806,000 15,448,784,000 15,600,351,000 17,754,984,000 16,087,869,000 16,329,364,000 16,650,655,000 17,072,044,000 17,897,606,000 7,730,337,000 6,801,924,000 6,510,280,000 6,483,355,000 6,389,346,000 6,086,794,000 5,992,860,000 5,994,533,000 5,349,467,000 5,248,706,000 5,203,396,000 4,904,374,000 4,883,868,000 4,513,684,000 4,367,051,000 4,262,286,000 3,915,287,000 3,629,716,000 3,629,627,000 3,544,268,000 3,414,109,000 3,315,607,000 3,288,221,000 3,078,714,000 2,954,653,000 2,883,080,000 2,583,235,000 2,491,249,000 2,405,846,000 2,336,058,000 2,245,799,000 2,202,996,000 2,158,378,000 2,153,324,000 2,014,764,000 2,056,280,000 1,960,115,000 1,929,408,000 1,899,553,000 1,837,271,000 1,794,072,000 1,748,935,000 1,743,369,000 1,721,617,000 1,727,153,000 1,579,663,000 1,525,567,000 1,414,245,000 1,405,748,000 1,355,901,000 1,333,651,000 1,271,787,000 1,293,552,000                         
        common stock
       14,000 14,000 13,000  13,000 13,000 13,000  13,000 13,000 13,000  8,000 8,000 8,000  7,000 7,000 7,000  7,000 7,000 6,000  6,000 6,000 6,000  6,000 6,000 6,000  6,000 6,000 6,000  6,000 5,000 5,000  5,000 5,000 5,000  5,000 5,000 5,000  5,000 5,000 5,000  4,000 4,000 4,000  4,000 4,000 4,000  4,000 4,000 4,000  4,000 3,000 3,000  3,000 3,000 3,000  3,000 3,000 3,000  3,000 3,000 3,000  3,000 3,000 3,000  3,000 3,000 3,000  
        other acquired intangible assets
          2,270,777,000 2,338,088,000 2,410,852,000 2,475,492,000 2,544,467,000 2,773,665,000 2,771,837,000 2,546,130,000 201,205,000 207,174,000 211,273,000 222,187,000 236,043,000 237,850,000 243,331,000 261,941,000 9,568,000 11,079,000 12,030,000 13,041,000 14,439,000 16,271,000 17,967,000 20,354,000 22,301,000 24,760,000 26,072,000 28,558,000 31,862,000 33,862,000 36,796,000 39,497,000 41,677,000 44,552,000 28,742,000 31,039,000 33,604,000 36,410,000 40,690,000 45,231,000 42,340,000 46,529,000 51,270,000 56,106,000 35,397,000 39,042,000 42,608,000 46,123,000 47,170,000 51,069,000 55,059,000 58,815,000 63,041,000 67,226,000 72,079,000 77,088,000 81,889,000 86,311,000 91,383,000 84,779,000 89,389,000 93,957,000 13,788,000 15,150,000 16,655,000 18,460,000 20,797,000 23,137,000 25,477,000                 
        restricted cash
                7,184,000 33,964,000 30,532,000                  7,169,000                                   2,148,000                        
        short-term investments
               30,000,000  134,266,000                                                             43,000 11,953,000 42,000 41,000 47,000 164,000 165,000 164,000 164,000 163,000 163,000 162,000 162,000 161,000 161,000 160,000 160,000 
        current assets of discontinued operations
                   283,404,000 285,249,000                                                                           
        non-current assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                               
        current liabilities of discontinued operations
                   64,114,000 67,484,000                                                                           
        non-current liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                                               
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
                            -2,433,000 -6,851,000                                                                  
        satellites
                                 1,274,672,000 1,215,663,000 1,188,600,000 1,124,074,000 1,265,021,000 1,239,987,000 1,194,824,000 1,162,851,000 1,134,138,000 1,108,270,000 1,041,162,000 1,014,433,000 961,252,000 898,197,000 864,999,000 799,759,000 778,976,000 762,221,000 729,915,000 654,181,000 659,154,000 630,836,000 609,081,000 583,830,000 559,244,000 535,090,000 547,805,000 560,521,000 573,017,000 585,731,000 597,236,000 570,953,000 533,197,000 533,000,000 532,345,000 531,108,000 516,202,000 495,689,000                         
        property and equipment
                                 941,373,000 909,627,000 865,343,000 826,299,000 772,207,000 722,488,000 659,153,000 577,517,000 559,386,000 540,608,000 545,675,000 525,155,000 501,645,000 486,910,000 472,488,000 426,951,000 415,462,000 418,022,000 413,852,000 410,797,000 414,561,000 421,666,000 422,220,000 417,754,000 399,213,000 378,691,000 347,730,000 326,045,000 309,609,000 294,973,000 275,598,000 263,947,000 243,223,000 233,139,000 201,643,000 189,129,000 163,853,000 155,804,000       80,883,000 64,693,000 54,293,000 54,843,000 54,274,000 51,463,000 48,597,000 49,033,000 47,447,000 46,211,000 39,207,000 36,557,000 34,321,000 33,278,000 33,334,000 33,840,000 31,584,000 32,052,000 
        accrued liabilities
                                  308,268,000 292,260,000 250,407,000 252,312,000 263,676,000 225,868,000 207,000,000 204,231,000 225,247,000 199,070,000 186,407,000 156,894,000 184,344,000 166,831,000 171,970,000 153,932,000 191,326,000 187,003,000 170,830,000 166,665,000 174,118,000 155,913,000 155,954,000 145,370,000 161,909,000 139,547,000 154,406,000 148,264,000 159,762,000 139,360,000 117,309,000 115,124,000 130,583,000 122,178,000 108,689,000 97,768,000 102,251,000 100,221,000 81,126,000 65,335,000 71,837,000 66,679,000 57,248,000 52,486,000 73,957,000 79,510,000 58,407,000 58,189,000 62,470,000 60,828,000 42,463,000 50,358,000 40,969,000 40,909,000 38,701,000 35,834,000 32,410,000 29,832,000 27,157,000 25,957,000 34,050,000 
        noncontrolling interest in subsidiaries
                                  8,330,000 5,482,000 9,624,000 9,501,000 10,841,000 1,891,000 2,932,000 3,106,000 3,313,000                                                     
        preferred stock, .0001 par value...
                                                                                               
        common stock, .0001 par value...
                                          6,000    5,000    5,000    5,000    4,000    4,000    4,000    4,000    3,000    3,000    3,000    3,000        3,000 
        series a, convertible preferred stock, .0001 par value...
                                                                                               
        deferred income taxes
                                               67,473,000 62,011,000 58,126,000 57,075,000 38,695,000 38,271,000 34,482,000 37,712,000 25,099,000 25,087,000 25,015,000 25,065,000 20,214,000 20,291,000 20,374,000 20,316,000 18,581,000 18,313,000 18,805,000 18,805,000 17,346,000 17,346,000 17,346,000 17,346,000 38,218,000 26,724,000 26,724,000 26,724,000 18,664,000 18,685,000 18,664,000 18,664,000 15,821,000 15,821,000 15,822,000 9,721,000 7,008,000 7,008,000 7,008,000 7,008,000 6,986,000 6,986,000 6,986,000 7,027,000 5,996,000 5,678,000 5,487,000 5,487,000 
        common stock held in treasury
                                                    -415,000   -48,599,000 -34,449,000 -34,043,000  -33,260,000 -27,500,000 -27,378,000  -24,898,000 -20,157,000 -20,072,000  -17,532,000 -13,911,000 -13,843,000  -3,998,000 -3,000,000 -2,973,000  -1,694,000 -1,034,000 -1,034,000  -1,034,000                
        common stock held in treasury, at cost, no shares and 1,190,572 shares at april 3, 2015 and april 4, 2014, respectively
                                                                                               
        current portion of other long-term debt
                                                      1,856,000 1,518,000 1,587,000 1,910,000 2,230,000 1,027,000 1,270,000 1,255,000 1,240,000 1,226,000 1,212,000 1,366,000 1,128,000 760,000 471,000                           
        common stock held in treasury, at cost, 1,190,572 and 947,607 shares at april 4, 2014 and march 29, 2013, respectively
                                                      -49,358,000                                         
        common stock held in treasury, at cost, 947,607 and 727,674 shares at march 29, 2013 and march 30, 2012, respectively
                                                          -33,770,000                                     
        common stock held in treasury, at cost, 727,674 and 560,363 shares at march 30, 2012 and april 1, 2011, respectively
                                                              -25,358,000                                 
        senior notes due 2016
                                                               272,667,000 272,544,000 272,420,000 272,296,000 272,172,000 272,048,000                           
        common stock held in treasury, at cost, 560,363 and 407,137 shares at april 1, 2011 and april 2, 2010, respectively
                                                                  -17,907,000                             
        line of credit
                                                                     30,000,000 60,000,000 140,000,000 80,000,000 80,000,000                      
        long-term debt
                                                                     271,924,000 271,801,000 271,677,000                        
        viasat, inc. equity
                                                                                               
        common stock held in treasury, at cost, 407,137 and 66,968 at april 2, 2010 and april 3, 2009, respectively
                                                                      -12,027,000                         
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                               
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                               
        total stockholders’ equity
                                                                       643,860,000 494,726,000 481,980,000 458,748,000 442,243,000 428,230,000 414,484,000 404,140,000 390,392,000 377,497,000 364,453,000 348,795,000 316,217,000 299,430,000 291,136,000 263,298,000 251,777,000 239,369,000 232,864,000  219,488,000 212,815,000 208,929,000 202,475,000 
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                       1,254,031,000 738,518,000 703,235,000 622,942,000 584,795,000 563,290,000 540,878,000 551,094,000 543,454,000 512,327,000 490,250,000 483,939,000 442,724,000 415,687,000 406,641,000 365,069,000 345,086,000 326,872,000 314,447,000  293,974,000 281,494,000 273,599,000 272,682,000 
        property, equipment and satellite
                                                                        214,527,000 187,207,000 170,225,000 145,644,000 111,922,000                   
        payables to former stockholders of acquired business
                                                                          200,000   1,101,000                  
        commitments and contingencies (notes 10 and 11) minority interest in consolidated subsidiary
                                                                          4,042,000                     
        common stock held in treasury, 66,968 and 33,238 outstanding at april 3, 2009 and march 28, 2008, respectively
                                                                          -1,701,000                     
        minority interest in consolidated subsidiary
                                                                           3,823,000 3,904,000 3,874,000 2,289,000 2,234,000 1,425,000 1,245,000 1,123,000 977,000 928,000 904,000 836,000 696,000 632,000 701,000 698,000 676,000 673,000 597,000 578,000 
        payables to former shareholders of acquired business
                                                                              1,101,000    14,762,000             
        common stock held in treasury, 33,238 and no shares outstanding at march 28, 2008 and march 30, 2007, respectively
                                                                              -1,034,000                 
        other intangible assets
                                                                               28,726,000 31,115,000 31,208,000 33,601,000 23,351,000 25,872,000 28,493,000 23,983,000 26,068,000 17,966,000 19,478,000 20,990,000 22,502,000 24,014,000 25,674,000 27,632,000 
        payables to former stockholders of acquired businesses
                                                                               1,101,000 1,101,000               
        paid in capital
                                                                               252,618,000 248,707,000 244,458,000  208,703,000 201,738,000 199,993,000  172,233,000 166,049,000 165,243,000  163,633,000 162,458,000 162,349,000  
        payable to former stockholders of acquired businesses
                                                                                 301,000              
        payable to former shareholders of acquired business
                                                                                   9,000,000            
        payable to predecessor shareholders of acquired business
                                                                                    9,000,000           
        payable to predecessors shareholders of acquired business
                                                                                     9,000,000          
        deferred compensation
                                                                                      -196,000 -250,000        
        unearned compensation
                                                                                               
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-04-03 2015-01-02 2014-10-03 2014-07-04 2014-04-04 2014-01-03 2013-10-04 2013-06-28 2013-03-29 2012-12-28 2012-09-28 2012-06-29 2012-03-30 2011-12-30 2011-09-30 2011-07-01 2011-04-01 2010-12-31 2010-10-01 2010-07-02 2010-04-02 2010-01-01 2009-10-02 2009-07-03 2009-04-03 2009-01-02 2008-10-03 2008-06-27 2008-03-28 2007-12-28 2007-09-28 2007-06-29 2007-03-30 2006-12-29 2006-09-29 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-30 2005-09-30 2005-07-01 2005-04-01 2004-12-31 2004-10-01 2004-07-02 
                                                                                                
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                                
          net income
        65,981,000 37,496,000 -51,827,000 -47,724,000 -240,735,000 -146,907,000 -121,796,000 -21,687,000 -95,905,000 -119,349,000 -765,763,000 -76,902,000 1,199,768,000 -40,425,000 -47,556,000 -21,039,000 -21,655,000 -3,990,000 5,150,000 18,012,000 14,477,000 7,760,000 3,391,000 -8,527,000 4,898,000 10,590,000 8,062,000 -9,737,000 5,363,000 -10,737,000 -25,598,000 -35,497,000 -19,516,000 -25,621,000 -13,892,000 -9,246,000 4,249,000 4,622,000 10,739,000 2,157,000 4,387,000 9,944,000 4,920,000 2,519,000 7,436,000 14,784,000 23,992,000 -6,321,000 -3,491,000 -5,960,000 2,281,000 -1,487,000 2,275,000 -20,614,000 -7,857,000 -14,433,000 -7,283,000 5,118,000 8,169,000 1,594,000 12,296,000 12,927,000 7,801,000 3,400,000 10,392,000 3,063,000 9,092,000 8,292,000 12,116,000 10,666,000 9,258,000 6,291,000 10,522,000 10,225,000 8,585,000 4,181,000 8,576,000 9,690,000 6,539,000 5,361,000 5,758,000 6,628,000 5,953,000 5,176,000 6,718,000 5,241,000 3,745,000 3,563,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                                                                                
          depreciation
        266,987,000 261,157,000 252,670,000 257,701,000 256,792,000 257,074,000 272,801,000 249,800,000 269,589,000 229,480,000 236,561,000 132,011,000 101,932,000 103,033,000 102,246,000 102,353,000 103,231,000 105,175,000 104,821,000 94,149,000 88,926,000 83,996,000 80,179,000 77,760,000 71,783,000 72,806,000 66,342,000 68,802,000 66,727,000 66,572,000 65,197,000 63,793,000 57,230,000 51,552,000 50,831,000 50,828,000 49,805,000 50,340,000 50,769,000 49,772,000 48,645,000 49,445,000 48,791,000 46,205,000 46,987,000 45,189,000 44,240,000 43,126,000 41,347,000 40,523,000 40,993,000 36,226,000 35,136,000 34,638,000 33,205,000 31,154,000 29,745,000 23,762,000 23,628,000 24,372,000 21,649,000 20,997,000 20,574,000 20,409,000 19,941,000 7,531,000 4,988,000 4,913,000 4,914,000 4,866,000 4,502,000 4,376,000 4,312,000 4,110,000 3,933,000 3,617,000 3,731,000 3,672,000 3,446,000 3,339,000 3,330,000 3,037,000 2,742,000 2,580,000  2,452,000 2,627,000 2,490,000 
          amortization of intangible assets
        79,674,000 78,698,000 73,613,000 83,965,000 80,390,000 80,681,000 81,865,000 81,404,000 42,965,000 107,146,000 97,204,000 42,568,000 24,965,000 21,960,000 22,154,000 21,734,000 22,728,000 22,453,000 22,287,000 20,603,000 16,060,000 18,506,000 16,833,000 14,842,000 15,286,000 15,953,000 15,996,000 15,210,000 13,781,000 14,262,000 14,277,000 14,004,000 12,046,000 10,015,000 10,043,000 13,107,000 12,719,000 11,238,000 11,053,000 10,226,000 11,269,000 14,288,000 12,327,000 11,106,000 11,034,000 12,354,000 10,022,000 8,481,000 7,966,000 5,977,000 6,143,000 5,889,000 5,318,000 5,686,000 6,471,000 5,563,000 6,528,000 5,569,000 5,798,000 6,109,000 4,796,000 4,908,000 5,102,000 4,618,000  1,918,000 1,389,000 1,513,000 1,809,000 2,389,000 2,788,000 2,966,000                 
          stock-based compensation expense
        22,142,000 24,099,000 20,122,000 14,707,000 16,917,000 21,503,000 22,783,000 19,182,000 17,962,000 22,199,000 21,718,000 21,752,000 19,518,000 21,135,000 22,574,000 21,232,000 22,132,000 21,435,000 21,023,000 22,218,000 19,912,000 21,639,000 22,386,000 20,942,000 22,317,000 21,908,000 21,101,000 21,227,000 20,941,000 20,155,000 19,377,000 19,126,000 19,413,000 17,642,000 15,983,000 15,507,000 15,852,000 14,505,000 12,657,000 12,761,000 13,194,000 12,033,000 11,574,000 10,709,000 11,281,000 10,110,000 9,058,000 8,904,000 9,274,000 8,687,000 8,188,000 7,490,000 7,625,000 6,986,000 5,805,000 6,619,000 6,604,000 5,799,000 4,804,000 4,175,000 4,750,000 4,377,000 4,146,000 4,167,000                         
          disposition of fixed assets losses, ground network (fy25) and satellite (fy24) impairment
                                                                                                
          gain on sale of equity interest in unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                                
          loss on extinguishment of debt
        11,647,000                                                                                    
          deferred income taxes and other non-cash adjustments
        71,575,000 52,340,000 -88,819,000 21,358,000 -18,249,000 -112,073,000 13,979,000 9,387,000 216,000 -24,544,000 -62,546,000 -24,203,000 298,825,000 16,597,000                                                                           
          increase in cash resulting from changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisition:
                                                                                                
          accounts receivable
        -4,080,000 -68,439,000 2,558,000 11,792,000 -48,568,000 35,776,000 -20,710,000 -26,224,000 -8,538,000 -16,568,000 -43,311,000 -739,000 -51,941,000 -33,583,000 -15,523,000 -27,102,000 -2,322,000 881,000 -11,162,000 -47,885,000 -38,963,000 49,518,000 18,416,000 55,440,000 -21,211,000 -24,489,000 6,365,000 -5,472,000 -7,199,000 -28,314,000 -34,720,000 24,125,000 -42,065,000 21,969,000 -38,843,000 46,500,000 -10,602,000 20,179,000 -15,444,000 21,938,000 -28,513,000 43,244,000 -10,908,000 -30,165,000 579,000 10,484,000 -1,592,000 -5,726,000 9,469,000 -10,759,000 -13,403,000 5,474,000 -30,294,000 -6,315,000 -9,908,000 -10,607,000 -27,557,000 13,947,000 -22,065,000 14,649,000 -16,039,000 -4,117,000 -8,253,000 14,271,000 8,836,000 32,591,000 -22,999,000 -19,545,000 1,842,000 -8,484,000 -5,600,000 3,139,000 -8,597,000 -14,398,000 -1,838,000 8,819,000 11,475,000 10,489,000 -11,432,000 -5,309,000 12,935,000 697,000 -2,292,000 -13,660,000  -12,337,000 -13,037,000 -2,197,000 
          inventories
        1,865,000 -6,865,000 6,880,000 11,170,000 35,568,000 6,343,000 3,200,000 -11,888,000 40,542,000 -8,222,000 -11,023,000 -34,684,000 -8,661,000 -24,284,000 -19,627,000 -20,563,000 12,417,000 -5,790,000 1,556,000 -10,483,000 -2,472,000 -1,954,000 -19,916,000 -18,118,000 -11,100,000 -13,806,000 -4,839,000 -29,252,000 -4,343,000 1,923,000 -11,928,000 -22,245,000 -13,414,000 -11,693,000 2,738,000 -15,193,000 -2,634,000 -7,678,000 9,663,000 -11,737,000 -6,600,000 -15,677,000 -1,355,000 -3,117,000 1,317,000 4,525,000 1,079,000 -8,138,000 5,048,000 1,838,000 -4,063,000 -14,245,000 19,977,000 6,440,000 5,090,000 -10,274,000 2,926,000 -7,615,000 2,009,000 -22,591,000 -2,757,000 -7,530,000 1,795,000 -5,538,000 -2,787,000 -4,842,000 310,000 -2,048,000 -3,160,000 -2,666,000 -2,036,000 2,524,000 -4,204,000 -9,154,000 -3,167,000 2,549,000 4,794,000 -5,443,000 3,319,000 2,569,000 -9,811,000 -3,590,000 -312,000 889,000  -5,071,000   
          other assets
        -58,072,000 -4,786,000 87,342,000 -31,074,000 16,306,000 90,878,000 -102,432,000 13,581,000 -12,421,000 71,367,000 26,287,000 -39,564,000 -7,555,000 298,000 -766,000 9,148,000 1,713,000 -519,000 21,262,000 4,398,000 12,414,000 4,504,000 1,567,000 17,946,000 -7,388,000 10,478,000 7,192,000 -13,595,000 13,081,000 -5,659,000 1,041,000 -10,812,000 -1,037,000 -6,661,000 -10,074,000 -8,203,000 -4,136,000 -5,216,000 2,928,000 -8,835,000 1,351,000 -319,000 276,000 -4,643,000 -13,052,000 -9,428,000 1,672,000 4,480,000 498,000 -10,174,000 1,387,000 1,728,000 -6,551,000 -3,840,000 -2,886,000 -2,194,000 3,809,000 827,000 -11,129,000 -2,773,000 3,573,000 -3,972,000 -795,000 4,345,000 -3,856,000 4,911,000 -2,047,000 2,496,000 2,233,000 -4,385,000 -3,520,000 3,019,000 5,811,000 -6,687,000 -2,093,000 -1,108,000 -3,066,000 592,000 -3,339,000 -3,106,000 -106,000 -286,000 -491,000 4,828,000  -206,000 -2,652,000 -1,313,000 
          accounts payable
        22,874,000 -22,788,000 54,420,000 -17,666,000 47,351,000 -877,000 22,517,000 -28,529,000 -45,671,000 -32,003,000 -5,334,000 41,509,000 -19,907,000 42,199,000 -3,690,000 16,912,000 -24,274,000 28,589,000 -5,496,000 26,625,000 14,641,000 -24,523,000 -4,444,000 -10,037,000 19,791,000 2,802,000 9,451,000 -3,869,000 -9,948,000 -15,674,000 20,294,000 -386,000 26,699,000 13,548,000 3,479,000 -11,223,000 8,799,000 1,049,000 9,464,000 -18,340,000 13,909,000 -4,956,000 -312,000 -3,391,000 -158,000 3,235,000 -1,011,000 -1,204,000 -18,205,000 -9,923,000 1,730,000 18,994,000 3,629,000 -4,469,000 3,098,000 2,306,000 14,361,000 -412,000 -2,654,000 -3,616,000 12,756,000 -4,045,000 4,473,000 -6,540,000 -4,785,000 11,231,000 -1,912,000 -1,569,000 4,809,000 -458,000 7,375,000 -9,986,000 -6,275,000 -698,000 11,697,000 -3,508,000 -4,149,000 -7,383,000 8,186,000 -8,212,000 6,805,000 -449,000 1,543,000 2,364,000  2,736,000 2,775,000 1,995,000 
          accrued liabilities
        55,596,000 83,362,000 -44,059,000 -31,930,000 74,253,000 -33,955,000 76,800,000 -110,114,000 -60,715,000 -73,653,000 51,727,000 -58,969,000 203,631,000 -22,673,000 53,494,000 -50,195,000 10,308,000 -10,154,000 6,046,000 -55,027,000 52,295,000 50,093,000 57,413,000 -4,903,000 38,530,000 18,888,000 5,708,000 -8,000,000 18,944,000 42,138,000 -1,830,000 12,226,000 43,077,000 10,981,000 636,000 5,348,000 13,820,000 20,815,000 21,040,000 -7,636,000 10,657,000 -784,000 12,832,000 -23,042,000 848,000 19,103,000 1,655,000 -1,589,000 15,667,000 1,609,000 8,466,000 -8,012,000 21,942,000 -14,577,000 6,318,000 -4,277,000 44,220,000 -3,823,000 7,954,000 -15,071,000 15,317,000 7,356,000 14,563,000 -4,795,000 4,324,000 3,101,000 14,845,000 -1,658,000 5,180,000 9,463,000 4,386,000 -16,375,000 -3,738,000 17,313,000 -965,000 -4,263,000 6,423,000 18,308,000 -8,661,000 8,792,000 2,362,000 -98,000 2,694,000 3,528,000  2,670,000 1,203,000 -8,093,000 
          other liabilities
        -38,241,000 277,814,000 -39,573,000 -20,773,000 -21,546,000 -90,818,000 -30,954,000 -43,594,000 -33,411,000 -44,395,000 -152,715,000 91,158,000 -17,195,000 -5,708,000 -11,886,000 -16,424,000 -8,585,000 -19,162,000 -11,289,000 -10,799,000 -21,212,000 -3,815,000 -12,273,000 9,301,000 -7,616,000 -9,701,000 -10,326,000 3,383,000 -10,618,000 1,509,000 1,497,000 6,079,000 815,000 5,317,000 2,873,000 63,617,000 2,671,000 180,000 1,169,000 1,146,000 1,609,000 -228,000 -854,000 -1,347,000 -975,000 -2,135,000 -1,891,000 -2,434,000 -1,502,000 559,000 -227,000 417,000 -2,750,000 1,477,000 2,571,000 4,825,000 6,058,000 1,110,000 -362,000 479,000 -7,356,000 154,000 1,387,000 1,043,000 1,273,000 -361,000 -279,000 4,000 1,226,000 108,000 261,000 1,034,000 712,000 439,000 301,000 721,000 -278,000 -129,000 989,000 658,000 -27,000 1,979,000 154,000 178,000  414,000 -66,000 566,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        322,295,000 726,888,000 282,242,000 258,460,000 298,443,000 219,459,000 239,189,000 151,096,000 231,986,000 133,568,000 218,976,000 103,666,000 50,249,000 89,480,000 188,495,000 39,637,000 119,263,000 158,579,000 162,670,000 65,129,000 169,841,000 223,852,000 176,615,000 156,907,000 143,574,000 110,070,000 136,828,000 46,464,000 112,890,000 103,369,000 57,478,000 53,814,000 76,038,000 96,769,000 32,172,000 153,654,000 98,619,000 121,052,000 129,509,000 62,118,000 77,447,000 111,992,000 89,512,000 17,986,000 78,083,000 112,939,000 111,583,000 46,911,000 70,234,000 32,152,000 48,932,000 53,822,000 42,660,000 7,051,000 41,296,000 791,000 76,484,000 41,179,000 14,877,000 8,909,000 46,305,000 27,226,000 57,408,000 38,678,000 54,683,000 56,951,000 6,081,000 -5,169,000 30,490,000 13,049,000 18,040,000 363,000 2,216,000 8,399,000 21,929,000 15,759,000 24,405,000 28,852,000 5,588,000 7,896,000 22,203,000 10,856,000 12,293,000 6,813,000    814,000 
          capital expenditures
        -298,341,000 -282,721,000 -213,699,000 -198,013,000 -247,723,000 -252,632,000 -228,808,000 -301,019,000 -377,895,000 -420,826,000 -365,738,000 -374,926,000 -294,373,000 -274,527,000 -261,214,000 -246,854,000 -267,073,000 -222,862,000 -202,181,000 -246,164,000 -171,569,000 -229,374,000 -217,576,000 -208,722,000 -145,741,000 -218,667,000 -163,443,000 -166,115,000 -145,016,000 -158,373,000 -186,833,000 -146,633,000 -157,272,000 -147,735,000 -96,807,000 -109,820,000 -124,469,000 -130,190,000 -139,456,000 -120,577,000 -94,692,000 -145,685,000 -71,563,000 -65,954,000 -93,558,000 -135,316,000 -52,105,000 -85,513,000 -62,762,000 -84,081,000 -87,752,000 -73,030,000 -56,113,000 -45,530,000 -37,770,000 -36,882,000 -45,806,000 -25,854,000 -96,746,000 -36,567,000 -56,555,000 -42,212,000 -68,212,000 -41,306,000 -24,050,000 -31,734,000 -40,156,000 -12,301,000 -9,181,000 -4,284,000 -8,202,000 -1,098,000 -3,390,000 -4,183,000 -5,630,000 -2,249,000 -11,122,000 -4,839,000 -4,150,000 -3,623,000    -2,025,000 
          free cash flows
        23,954,000 444,167,000 68,543,000 60,447,000 50,720,000 -33,173,000 10,381,000 -149,923,000 -145,909,000 -287,258,000 -146,762,000 -271,260,000 -244,124,000 -185,047,000 -72,719,000 -207,217,000 -147,810,000 -64,283,000 -39,511,000 -181,035,000 -1,728,000 -5,522,000 -40,961,000 -51,815,000 -2,167,000 -108,597,000 -26,615,000 -119,651,000 -32,126,000 -55,004,000 -129,355,000 -92,819,000 -81,234,000 -50,966,000 -64,635,000 43,834,000 -25,850,000 -9,138,000 -9,947,000 -58,459,000 -17,245,000 -33,693,000 17,949,000 -47,968,000 -15,475,000 -22,377,000 59,478,000 -38,602,000 7,472,000 -51,929,000 -38,820,000 -19,208,000 -13,453,000 -38,479,000 3,526,000 -36,091,000 30,678,000 15,325,000 -81,869,000 -27,658,000 -10,250,000 -14,986,000 -10,804,000 -2,628,000 54,683,000 56,951,000 -17,969,000 -36,903,000 30,490,000 -27,107,000 18,040,000 -11,938,000 -6,965,000 4,115,000 13,727,000 14,661,000 21,015,000 24,669,000 -42,000 5,647,000 11,081,000 6,017,000 8,143,000 3,190,000    -1,211,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                                
          purchase of property, equipment and satellites, and other assets
        -298,341,000 -282,721,000 -213,699,000 -198,013,000 -247,723,000 -252,632,000 -228,808,000 -301,019,000 -377,895,000 -420,826,000 -365,738,000 -374,926,000                                                                             
          proceeds from insurance claims on satellites
        10,000,000 11,500,000 42,500,000 118,000,000 79,500,000                                                                                 
          proceeds from sale of equity interest in unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                                
          payment related to acquisition of business, net of cash acquired
                   -342,621,000                                      -2,400,000                                    
          proceeds from sale of short-term investments
                30,000,000                                                                               
          payments to acquire short-term investments
                -30,000,000 -52,000,000                                                                             
          other investing activities
        8,707,000 12,063,000                          -269,000 -2,070,000      -145,000 -504,000                                                 
          net cash from investing activities
        -95,383,000 -274,014,000 -213,699,000 -175,950,000 -233,473,000 -192,555,000 -110,808,000 -221,519,000 160,665,000 -450,826,000 -231,472,000 -769,547,000 1,618,784,000 -295,934,000 -283,956,000 -270,857,000 -278,927,000 -237,270,000 -214,071,000 -399,575,000 -182,435,000 -242,952,000 -230,622,000 -229,262,000 -163,240,000 -232,835,000 -176,952,000 -185,774,000 -148,981,000 -41,369,000 -138,211,000 -160,858,000 -174,876,000 -166,015,000 -115,523,000 -128,073,000 -251,592,000 -164,301,000 -157,028,000 -142,084,000 -116,680,000 -165,992,000 -86,901,000 -86,712,000 -109,999,000 -148,649,000 -63,610,000 -154,296,000 -74,013,000 -95,733,000 -97,534,000 -87,206,000 -62,503,000 -52,059,000 -43,794,000 -43,209,000 -52,751,000 -34,663,000 -100,922,000 -40,686,000 -61,017,000 -45,309,000 -86,244,000 -45,157,000 -50,758,000 -406,600,000 -26,929,000 -34,741,000 -32,285,000 -40,936,000 -39,898,000 -13,028,000 72,000 -16,124,000 -9,048,000 -10,073,000 -10,679,000       -3,623,000  -1,943,000 -4,884,000 -2,025,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                                
          payments on debt borrowings
        -10,619,000 -325,257,000 -10,464,000 -462,722,000 -13,979,000 -1,993,206,000 -364,066,000 -19,462,000 -518,576,000 -20,478,000 -9,111,000 -18,868,000 -482,621,000 -11,505,000 -69,655,000 -12,693,000                                                                         
          proceeds from debt borrowings
              401,856,000 1,334,683,000 265,000,000 125,000,000 150,000,000  120,000,000 320,000,000 400,000,000 310,000,000                                                                
          payments of debt issuance costs
            -8,168,000 -27,406,000 -710,000 -2,789,000 -2,427,000 -13,405,000 -34,558,000                                                                           
          distributions to minority shareholders
        -13,793,000 -45,902,000                                                                                     
          purchase of common stock in treasury (immediately retired) related to tax withholdings for stock-based compensation
        -3,185,000 -8,523,000 -1,956,000 -4,668,000 -302,000 -2,813,000 -980,000 -1,415,000 -493,000 -8,655,000 -353,000 -2,212,000 -572,000 -15,089,000 -327,000 -505,000 -804,000 -20,423,000 -1,284,000 -458,000 -663,000 -12,266,000 -346,000 -401,000 -534,000 -25,140,000 -800,000 -2,328,000     -543,000 -21,180,000 -552,000 -1,931,000 -520,000 -18,646,000 -567,000 -1,937,000                                                 
          proceeds from issuance of common stock under equity plans
        9,577,000 749,000   8,361,000   9,164,000 10,048,000 82,000 12,060,000 9,626,000 11,773,000 59,000 8,717,000 9,895,000 9,206,000 317,000 11,077,000 2,639,000 24,377,000 2,735,000 12,508,000 3,432,000 7,655,000 433,000 10,861,000 7,626,000 7,245,000 7,916,000 7,778,000 6,709,000 1,991,000 8,896,000 6,252,000 5,170,000 1,413,000 11,463,000 2,535,000 7,791,000 2,841,000 4,855,000 2,642,000 8,279,000 11,489,000 5,457,000 9,420,000 4,635,000 4,972,000 8,202,000 1,698,000 4,469,000 2,007,000 8,157,000 10,036,000 6,198,000                         
          other financing activities
        4,147,000 -729,000 -1,517,000 -527,000 -783,000 -707,000 -746,000 -866,000 -891,000 -847,000 2,965,000 -779,000 -962,000 -834,000 -834,000 -706,000 -948,000 -861,000 -788,000 -691,000 -591,000 -826,000 -1,276,000 -2,178,000 -507,000 -378,000 -1,113,000 -255,000 -545,000 -5,849,000 -1,510,000 -2,376,000 -549,000 -510,000 -385,000 -372,000 -656,000 -385,000 -385,000 -376,000                                                 
          net cash from financing activities
        173,083,000 -333,760,000 -19,925,000 -513,819,000 -6,703,000 -2,004,894,000 1,591,459,000 -22,453,000 -111,729,000 -32,407,000 -9,856,000 1,278,348,000 -472,095,000 237,572,000 24,184,000 144,211,000 305,370,000 27,932,000 -4,894,000 315,222,000 -7,202,000 -15,039,000 171,792,000 140,000 276,727,000 83,238,000 -2,274,000 7,494,000 253,980,000 -68,627,000 77,604,000 91,660,000 7,832,000 -11,853,000 164,855,000 4,942,000 -1,176,000 277,085,000 31,565,000 85,310,000 17,409,000 71,469,000 1,485,000 58,759,000 -13,283,000 91,616,000 -63,900,000 107,031,000 20,667,000 37,869,000 35,859,000 7,432,000 12,929,000 21,574,000 8,605,000 -160,000 103,182,000 3,164,000 96,148,000 17,304,000 9,724,000 9,536,000 24,968,000 -25,618,000 18,538,000 332,799,000 316,000 80,440,000 1,557,000 1,011,000 2,334,000 -1,701,000 1,668,000 833,000 1,772,000 4,058,000 12,808,000 4,567,000 1,074,000 4,070,000 3,594,000 4,059,000 806,000 1,424,000    2,210,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
           -3,304,000    3,442,000 -1,117,000 2,126,000 -1,351,000 617,000 318,000 1,840,000 -1,071,000 -1,930,000 -1,279,000 -863,000 -1,739,000 -1,037,000 -1,599,000 1,050,000 230,000 324,000 -530,000 260,000 -440,000 -2,000 447,000 -1,635,000 -33,000 -1,273,000 631,000 212,000 648,000 -65,000 -696,000 -168,000 -23,000 -180,000 48,000 -11,000 -184,000 198,000 -182,000 -191,000 -284,000 147,000 97,000 -29,000 164,000 -104,000 -15,000 -17,000 119,000 -113,000 -174,000 155,000 -209,000 96,000 114,000 130,000 318,000 -203,000 52,000 82,000 144,000 251,000 18,000 -203,000 -551,000 55,000 147,000 -36,000 157,000 102,000 192,000 114,000 11,000 67,000 -26,000 -126,000 17,000 -39,000 -48,000 175,000 40,000 -109,000 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash
            55,616,000 -1,973,281,000 1,718,171,000 -89,434,000 279,805,000 -347,539,000 -23,703,000 613,084,000                                                                             
          cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of fiscal year
                                                                                                
          cash and cash equivalents at end of fiscal year
                                                                                                
          supplemental information:
                                                                                                
          cash paid for interest
                                                                                                
          cash paid for income taxes
                                                                                                
          non-cash investing and financing activities:
                                                                                                
          issuance of common stock in satisfaction of certain accrued employee compensation liabilities
        27,784,000    28,063,000                 22,829,000 32,129,000  16,409,000  13,080,000  11,609,000  10,194,000  8,018,000  7,060,000  6,340,000                            
          capital expenditures not paid for during the period
        -33,013,000 34,918,000 24,307,000 16,263,000         -6,012,000 32,954,000                                                                           
          issuance of common stock in connection with acquisition
                2,123,455,000     207,169,000                                                                   
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                
          loss on disposition of fixed assets
         3,153,000 8,915,000 6,646,000    19,778,000    9,729,000 9,555,000 10,931,000 14,256,000 11,150,000 14,410,000 13,059,000 10,611,000 8,713,000 9,601,000 12,163,000 10,989,000 6,689,000 12,044,000 10,012,000 10,432,000 13,134,000 3,583,000 12,349,000 13,476,000 12,549,000 7,210,000 7,915,000 8,657,000 9,196,000 8,436,000 9,183,000 9,724,000 8,088,000 7,980,000 8,118,000 8,263,000 9,599,000 7,043,000 6,850,000 8,890,000 9,214,000 9,160,000 9,135,000 9,421,000 6,036,000 5,039,000 2,535,000 2,703,000 1,832,000 2,117,000 784,000 1,584,000 1,329,000                             
          increase in cash resulting from changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                                
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
         -3,052,000    4,709,000                                                                                   
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
         116,062,000 52,582,000 -434,613,000          32,958,000 -72,348,000 -88,939,000 144,427,000 -51,622,000   -21,395,000 -33,089,000       218,336,000   -16,657,000 -90,375,000 -80,887,000 82,152,000 30,458,000 -154,845,000 233,668,000 4,023,000 5,164,000             -6,929,000    126,741,000    -4,874,000 -8,417,000 -3,550,000 -32,300,000 22,515,000 -16,768,000 -20,388,000 40,781,000 -220,000 -27,079,000 -20,075,000 -14,311,000 4,103,000 -6,928,000 14,810,000 9,846,000 26,726,000 29,351,000 1,042,000 9,503,000 14,648,000 -6,044,000 8,965,000 4,575,000 5,724,000 -2,359,000 -8,186,000 890,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
         1,612,105,000          310,459,000  295,949,000  304,309,000  261,701,000    71,446,000  130,098,000  42,088,000  52,263,000  58,347,000  105,738,000  172,583,000  40,490,000  89,631,000  63,491,000  125,176,000  103,345,000  36,723,000  14,579,000  18,510,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
         116,062,000 52,582,000 1,177,492,000          32,958,000 -72,348,000 221,520,000  -51,622,000 -58,034,000 275,688,000  -33,089,000 118,015,000 232,418,000  -39,267,000 -42,838,000 129,883,000    54,789,000  -80,887,000 82,152,000 160,556,000  233,668,000 4,023,000 47,252,000  17,458,000 3,912,000 42,494,000  55,715,000 -16,211,000 58,140,000  -25,741,000 -12,579,000 79,682,000  -23,451,000 6,226,000 129,892,000  9,835,000 9,894,000 26,113,000  -8,417,000 -3,550,000 57,331,000  -16,768,000 -20,388,000 104,272,000  -27,079,000 -20,075,000 110,865,000  -6,928,000 14,810,000 113,191,000  29,351,000 1,042,000 46,226,000  -6,044,000 8,965,000 19,154,000  -2,359,000 -8,186,000 19,400,000 
          right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for finance lease liabilities
                                                                                                
          right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities
         21,520,000 10,919,000 26,304,000  25,538,000 47,825,000 3,060,000  1,879,000 8,607,000 5,241,000  3,424,000    18,323,000 9,181,000 8,918,000                                                                     
          debt issuance costs not paid for
                  -4,498,000 6,649,000                                                                             
          gain on extinguishment of debt
           288,000                                                                                     
          cash flows from continuing and discontinued operations
                                                                                                
          ground network (fy25) and satellite (fy24) impairment, and disposition of fixed assets losses
                                                                                                
          gain on disposition of business prior to costs to sell
                                                                                                
          proceeds from sale of businesses
                                                                                                
          repurchase of shares by majority-owned subsidiary
                                                                                              
          cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of fiscal year
                                                                                                
          satellite impairment and disposition of fixed assets losses
             12,020,000   117,373,000 22,110,000                                                                               
          payment related to acquisition of a business, net of cash acquired
                                                                                               
          cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
             1,901,033,000  1,379,386,000                                                                             
          issuance of common stock in satisfaction of certain accrued compensation liabilities
                31,173,000                                                                            
          cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
              1,718,171,000 1,811,599,000   -23,703,000 1,992,470,000                                                                             
          increase in cash resulting from changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions:
                                                                                                
          payments related to acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
                        -865,000 -138,668,000                    -494,000 -295,000 -3,613,000 -831,000 -56,545,000                                         
          proceeds from sale of business
                                                                                                
          purchase of property, equipment and satellites
                    -294,373,000 -274,527,000 -261,214,000 -246,854,000 -267,073,000 -222,862,000 -202,181,000 -246,164,000 -171,569,000 -229,374,000 -217,576,000 -208,722,000 -145,741,000 -218,667,000 -163,443,000 -166,115,000 -145,016,000 -158,373,000 -186,833,000 -146,633,000 -157,272,000 -147,735,000 -96,807,000 -109,820,000 -124,469,000 -130,190,000 -139,456,000 -120,577,000 -94,692,000 -145,685,000 -71,563,000 -65,954,000 -93,558,000 -135,316,000 -52,105,000 -85,513,000 -62,762,000 -84,081,000 -87,752,000 -73,030,000 -56,113,000 -45,530,000 -37,770,000 -36,882,000 -45,806,000 -25,854,000 -96,746,000 -36,567,000 -56,555,000 -42,212,000 -68,212,000 -41,306,000                         
          cash paid for patents, licenses and other assets
                    -19,197,000 -21,407,000 -22,742,000 -24,003,000 -10,989,000 -14,408,000 -11,890,000 -14,743,000 -10,866,000 -13,578,000 -13,046,000 -20,540,000 -17,499,000 -14,168,000 -13,509,000 -21,936,000 -17,465,000 -10,808,000 -9,537,000 -12,155,000 -17,604,000 -18,280,000 -18,716,000 -18,253,000 -14,953,000 -17,583,000 -17,427,000 -21,003,000 -20,236,000 -20,012,000 -15,338,000 -17,145,000 -15,610,000 -13,333,000 -11,505,000 -12,238,000 -11,251,000 -11,652,000 -9,782,000 -11,776,000 -6,390,000 -6,529,000 -6,024,000 -6,327,000 -6,945,000 -8,809,000 -4,176,000 -4,119,000 -4,462,000 -3,097,000 -4,576,000 -3,851,000 -3,792,000 -4,118,000 -2,879,000 -3,007,000                     
          proceeds from common stock issued in private placement, net of issuance costs
                                                                                              
          other non-cash adjustments
                       -7,569,000 -10,840,000 6,602,000 -2,139,000 -5,395,000 4,162,000 5,965,000 2,074,000 -4,428,000 6,240,000 -5,371,000 1,344,000 -5,367,000 9,254,000 1,454,000 5,868,000 1,907,000 605,000 1,797,000 2,201,000 2,280,000 2,941,000 2,182,000 2,134,000 2,761,000 3,299,000 1,961,000 1,244,000 2,453,000  1,250,000 1,107,000 1,178,000 1,492,000 2,169,000 1,292,000 1,200,000 1,045,000 886,000 1,205,000 1,165,000 901,000 110,000 529,000 253,000 -5,581,000 2,391,000 2,159,000 1,534,000 2,865,000 -237,000 162,000 -129,000 2,266,000 -982,000 -1,176,000 128,000 -2,857,000 2,043,000 217,000 107,000 -224,000 600,000 65,000 226,000         
          payment of debt issuance costs
                       -1,511,000     -178,000 -1,092,000 -3,790,000 -2,479,000     -1,024,000   -94,000 -261,000 -6,322,000 -37,000 -803,000        -5,844,000 -2,215,000         -1,183,000 -8,729,000 -530,000 -2,339,000                     
          proceeds from insurance claims on viasat-2 satellite
                                2,277,000 13,500,000 127,812,000                                                           
          proceeds from debt borrowings, net of discount
                                                                                                
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of fiscal year
                                                                                                
          capital expenditures not paid for
                        -5,774,000        19,146,000 20,437,000 -6,227,000 10,250,000 6,382,000 27,513,000 -913,000 7,637,000 14,063,000 14,083,000 18,506,000 -5,503,000 18,895,000 -9,005,000 -1,875,000 21,798,000 9,703,000 28,136,000 14,391,000 8,566,000 -1,821,000 1,838,000 5,685,000 882,000                                         
          payments of debt borrowings
                         -82,557,000 -2,881,000 -12,346,000 -5,948,000 -11,664,000 -243,000 -402,697,000 -32,549,000 -12,321,000                                                               
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                           -20,261,000    -71,891,000  -39,267,000 -42,838,000 -131,818,000               3,912,000 -9,769,000   -16,211,000 -207,000  -25,741,000 -12,579,000 -26,056,000   6,226,000 -42,691,000   9,894,000 -14,377,000                             
          proceeds from sale of real property
                                                                                              
          payments related to acquisition of business, net of cash acquired
                                                                                                
          payment of debt extinguishment costs
                                                                                              
          proceeds from noncontrolling interest capital contribution
                                                                                                
          exposure fees on ex-im credit facility financed through ex-im credit facility
                                                                                              
          proceeds from revolving credit facility borrowings
                                    45,000,000 110,000,000 225,000,000 130,000,000     70,000,000 20,000,000 75,000,000 15,000,000 85,000,000 30,000,000 160,000,000 30,000,000 130,000,000 150,000,000 110,000,000                                       
          payments of revolving credit facility borrowings
                                    -370,000,000 -10,000,000 -115,000,000 -15,000,000     -225,000,000   -20,000,000 -40,000,000 -75,000,000 -70,000,000 -55,000,000 -65,000,000 -95,000,000 -30,000,000 -130,000,000                                        
          payments of ex-im credit facility borrowings
                                   -11,821,000 -12,725,000 -153,729,000 -33,736,000 -22,650,000                                                         
          deferred income taxes
                                    -6,676,000 3,391,000 -9,473,000 -31,055,000 -16,618,000 1,373,000 -11,936,000 -9,377,000 -3,301,000 -347,000 3,613,000 -183,000 -3,740,000 -5,077,000 2,714,000 1,100,000 4,500,000 -3,382,000 14,362,000 -3,060,000 -6,489,000 -1,529,000 -13,276,000 -5,888,000 -19,731,000 -15,590,000 -4,519,000 -10,888,000 -5,945,000 -3,997,000     4,456,000 1,764,000 9,502,000       1,232,000 -952,000 675,000 676,000 89,000 -6,744,000 -5,770,000 2,635,000 -458,000 -4,000,000 -1,405,000  -18,000 -154,000 1,000 
          increase in cash resulting from changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:
                                                                                                
          investment in unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                                
          proceeds from issuance of notes
                                                                                                
          repayment of 2020 notes
                                                                                              
          proceeds from ex-im credit facility borrowings, net of discount
                                          10,233,000 67,236,000 36,438,000 42,546,000 56,555,000 40,295,000                                             
          proceeds from common stock issued in public offering, net of issuance costs
                                                                                               
          proceeds from issuance of 2025 notes
                                                                                              
          purchase of common stock in treasury (immediately retired) related to tax withholdings for share-based awards
                                     -21,557,000 -582,000 -5,969,000                                                         
          issuance of stock in satisfaction of certain accrued employee compensation liabilities
                                                                       5,096,000 5,090,000                     
          equity in income of unconsolidated affiliate
                                         -1,365,000                                                       
          increase in cash resulting from changes in operating assets and liabilities
                                                                                                
          equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliate
                                           513,000                                                     
          exposure fees on ex-im credit facility expected to be financed through ex-im credit facility
                                            1,123,000 7,382,000 7,334,000 5,215,000                                               
          increase in cash resulting from changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisition:
                                                                                                
          payments related to tax withholdings on restricted stock unit releases
                                                 -14,717,000 -808,000 -531,000                                             
          other
                                                 -256,000 -514,000 -372,000 -447,000 -1,255,000 -1,020,000 -385,000 -1,415,000 -324,000 -1,377,000 -574,000                                     
          non-cash loss on extinguishment of debt
                                                                                               
          repayment of discount on the 2016 notes
                                                                                               
          receipt of premium on the additional 2020 notes
                                                                                               
          other non-cash
                                                                                                
          proceeds from issuance of 2020 notes
                                                                                                
          repayment of 2016 notes
                                                                                               
          cash paid (received) for income taxes
                                                                                                
          purchase of common stock in treasury related to tax withholdings for stock-based compensation
                                                     -13,592,000 -415,000 -375,000                                         
          purchase of common stock in treasury
                                                        -759,000 -14,150,000 -406,000 -273,000 -510,000 -5,760,000 -122,000 -2,020,000 -460,000 -4,741,000 -85,000 -2,165,000 -375,000 -3,621,000 -68,000 -1,816,000 -8,029,000 -998,000 -27,000 -1,272,000 -7,000                   
          repayment of discount on 2016 notes
                                                                                                
          receipt of premium on 2020 notes
                                                                                                
          proceeds from line of credit borrowings
                                                                115,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 15,000,000                          
          payments on line of credit
                                                                -170,000,000   -10,000,000 -30,000,000 -80,000,000                -3,000,000     
          incremental tax benefits from stock-based compensation
                                                                         579,000 125,000 400,000 -537,000 -198,000 563,000 -174,000 -43,000                
          capitalization of estimated satellite performance incentives obligation
                                                                                                
          capitalization of non-cash portion of interest expense and stock-based compensation to constructed assets
                                                                                                
          issuance of common stock in connection with acquisitions
                                                                                                
          fair value of assets acquired in business combinations, excluding cash acquired
                                                                                                
          liabilities assumed in business combinations
                                                                                                
          proceeds from issuance of additional 2020 notes
                                                                                                
          payments on capital lease
                                                             -312,000 -308,000 -305,000 -302,000 -297,000                               
          payments of satellite performance incentives obligation
                                                             -385,000 -385,000 -255,000                                 
          change in restricted cash
                                                                        2,148,000                        
          proceeds from issuance of senior notes, net of discount
                                                                                                
          proceeds from common stock issued under public offering, net of issuance costs
                                                                                                
          payments of estimated satellite performance incentives obligation
                                                                                                
          cash (received) paid for income taxes, net of refunds
                                                                                                
          equipment acquired under capital lease
                                                                    323,000 47,000                           
          issuance of common stock in connection with license right obtained
                                                                                               
          increase in cash resulting from changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisition
                                                                                                
          proceeds from issuance of senior notes due 2016, net of discount
                                                                                                
          payment on secured borrowing
                                                                            -4,720,000                 
          proceeds from sale of stock of majority-owned subsidiary
                                                                            1,500,000                 
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net of discount
                                                                                               
          amortization
                                                                                                
          benefit from bad debts
                                                                                                
          payments related to acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
                                                                                 -851,000 -8,975,000             
          purchases of property, equipment and satellites
                                                                                                
          purchases of short-term investments held-to-maturity
                                                                                                
          maturities of short-term investments held-to-maturity
                                                                                                
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                                                
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                                
          fair value of acquired intangibles
                                                                                                
          issuance of stock in satisfaction of a payable to former stockholders of an acquired business
                                                                                5,631,000             
          issuance of payable in connection with acquisition
                                                                                                
          stock compensation expense
                                                                         3,318,000 2,532,000 2,562,000 2,256,000 2,532,000 2,860,000 2,189,000                 
          proceeds from issuance of common stock
                                                                         10,365,000 748,000 3,651,000 1,409,000 1,869,000 2,119,000 1,345,000                 
          purchase of property, equipment and satellite
                                                                          -24,050,000 -31,734,000  -40,156,000                   
          proceeds from line of credit
                                                                          80,000,000             3,000,000 10,000,000    
          minority interest
                                                                                                
          purchases of property, equipment and satellite
                                                                                                
          proceeds from issuance of secured borrowing
                                                                                                
          issuance of payable in connection with acquisitions
                                                                                                
          increase in cash resulting from changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effect of acquisitions:
                                                                                                
          payment related to acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
                                                                                               
          purchase of short-term investments held-to-maturity
                                                                                                
          cash paid for patents and other assets
                                                                             -780,000 -718,000 -727,000                 
          sale of short-term investments
                                                                                                
          purchase of property and equipment
                                                                               -12,301,000                 
          payment related to acquisitions of businesses
                                                                                                
          note receivable loan impairment provision
                                                                                                
          loss on sale and disposal of property and equipment
                                                                                                
          purchases of property and equipment
                                                                                -9,181,000 -4,284,000 -8,202,000 -1,098,000 -3,390,000 -4,183,000 -5,630,000 -2,249,000 -11,122,000 -4,839,000 -4,150,000 -3,623,000 -2,428,000 -1,943,000 -4,883,000 -2,025,000 
          acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
                                                                                                
          cash paid for patents and licenses
                                                                                                
          issuance of stock options in connection with acquisition
                                                                                               
          amortization of intangible assets and capitalized software
                                                                                 3,015,000 3,018,000 3,020,000 2,965,000 3,327,000           
          non-cash stock-based compensation
                                                                                 1,857,000 1,881,000 1,812,000  1,551,000 524,000 1,528,000         
          increase in cash resulting from changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effects of acquisitions:
                                                                                                
          proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs
                                                                                 1,526,000 1,456,000 3,781,000  3,915,000 923,000 3,671,000  4,059,000 806,000 1,424,000  1,175,000 109,000 2,210,000 
          issuance of stock in connection with acquisition
                                                                                    16,350,000         
          issuance of payables to former stockholders of acquired businesses
                                                                                               
          incremental tax benefits from stock options exercised
                                                                                  -316,000 -277,000 -2,122,000 -652,000 -151,000 -399,000         
          purchase (sale) of short-term investments
                                                                                                
          issuance of a payable to former stockholders of an acquired business
                                                                                                
          sales of short-term investments
                                                                                                
          increase in cash resulting from changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effects of the acquisition:
                                                                                                
          acquisition of a business, net of cash acquired
                                                                                     -281,000        
          purchase of short-term investments
                                                                                                
          payable to former shareholders of acquired business
                                                                                                
          net cash (used in) investing activities
                                                                                      -5,631,000 -2,530,000  -20,833,000       
          recording of payable to predecessor shareholders of acquired business
                                                                                                
          amortization of intangible assets and software
                                                                                       2,907,000  2,577,000 2,353,000 2,332,000  2,350,000 2,549,000 2,847,000 
          increase in cash resulting from changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of the acquisition:
                                                                                                
          recording of payable to predecessor shareholders of an acquired business
                                                                                       9,000,000         
          minority interest in consolidated subsidiary
                                                                                        140,000 64,000 -69,000 3,000  3,000 76,000 19,000 
          purchases of short-term investments
                                                                                        -1,000    -1,000   
          loss on disposal of fixed assets
                                                                                                
          benefit from bad debt
                                                                                                
          tax benefit from exercise of stock options
                                                                                             816,000 
          investment in capitalized software
                                                                                                
          non-cash compensation
                                                                                                
          repayment of line of credit
                                                                                                
          net cash from financing activities.
                                                                                             1,175,000   
          net cash from operating activities.
                                                                                                
          inventory
                                                                                               120,000 
          proceeds from (repayment of) line of credit
                                                                                                
          amortization goodwill, intangible assets and capitalized software
                                                                                                
          acquired in-process research and development
                                                                                                
          provision for bad debts
                                                                                                
          equity in loss of joint venture
                                                                                                
          net from operating activities
                                                                                                
          repayment of notes payable
                                                                                                
          net proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs of 0, 0 and 369 respectively
                                                                                                
          other non-cash items
                                                                                                
          supplemental noncash financing activity:
                                                                                                
          issuance of common stock for acquisition of business