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Shares Used In Computing Diluted Net Income Per Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Shares Used in Computing Diluted Net Income Per Share |
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | December 31, 2016 |  |  | December 31, 2015 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |  |  | December 31, 2015 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Weighted average: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common shares outstanding used in calculating basic net income per share attributable to ViaSat, Inc. common stockholders |  |  | 52,976 |  |  |  | 48,712 |  |  |  | 50,542 |  |  |  | 48,275 |
Options to purchase common stock as determined by application of the treasury stock method |  |  | 235 |  |  |  | 229 |  |  |  | 265 |  |  |  | 297 |
Restricted stock units to acquire common stock as determined by application of the treasury stock method |  |  | 629 |  |  |  | 529 |  |  |  | 656 |  |  |  | 502 |
Potentially issuable shares in connection with certain terms of the ViaSat 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan |  |  | 175 |  |  |  | 160 |  |  |  | 184 |  |  |  | 156 |
Shares used in computing diluted net income per share attributable to ViaSat, Inc. common stockholders |  |  | 54,015 |  |  |  | 49,630 |  |  |  | 51,647 |  |  |  | 49,230 |

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