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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Abts Doug

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

6155 EL CAMINO REAL

(Street)

CARLSBAD

92009

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/04/2021

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VIASAT INC [ VSAT ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Senior VP Strategic Planning

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
$.0001 par value common stock	15,313	D
$.0001 par value common stock	800	I	By 401(k)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
restricted stock units	⁽¹⁾	⁽²⁾	common stock	1,666	0.00	D
restricted stock units	⁽³⁾	⁽²⁾	common stock	3,480	0.00	D
restricted stock units	⁽⁴⁾	⁽²⁾	common stock	4,354	0.00	D
restricted stock units	⁽⁵⁾	⁽²⁾	common stock	6,287	0.00	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The original restricted unit grant was for 6,667 restricted stock units on 11/19/2018. Subject to the Reporting Person's election to defer the receipt of the common stock, the units vest and convert into shares of common stock (on a 1 for 1 basis) at the rate of 1/4 of the 13th month anniversary of the grant date; 1/4 on the second anniversary of the grant date; 1/4 on the third anniversary and 1/4 on the fourth anniversary of the grant date.

2. Until vested, the restricted stock units shall be subject to forfeiture in the event of termination of employment with the Issuer.

3. The original restricted unit grant was for 6,961 restricted stock units on 11/15/2019. Subject to the Reporting Person's election to defer the receipt of the common stock, the units vest and convert into shares of common stock (on a 1 for 1 basis) at the rate of 1/4 of the 13th month anniversary of the grant date; 1/4 on the second anniversary of the grant date; 1/4 on the third anniversary and 1/4 on the fourth anniversary of the grant date.

4. The original restricted unit grant was for 5,806 restricted stock units on 11/17/2020 Subject to the Reporting Person's continued employment with the Issuer, the units vest and convert into shares of common stock of the Issuer (on a 1-for-1 basis) in four (4) equal annual installments beginning on 11/17/2021.

5. The original restricted stock unit grant was for 6,287 restricted stock units on 11/17/2021 Subject to the Reporting Person's continued employment with the Issuer, the units vest and convert into shares of common stock of the Issuer (on a 1-for-1 basis) in four (4) equal annual installments beginning on 11/17/2022.

Remarks:

	Kathleen K. Hollenbeck, Attorney-in-Fact	12/13/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints each of Kathleen K. Hollenbeck, Stacy Nguyen, Barbara Olson, Brett
Church and Paul Castor, or any of them acting singly, and with full power of
substitution and re-substitution, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact (each of such persons and their substitutes being referred to
herein as the "Attorney-in-Fact"), with full power and authority as hereinafter
described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

1)	prepare, execute, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents
necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned
to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required or considered by the
Attorney-in-Fact to be advisable under Section 13 or Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation
of the SEC;

2)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver, file and submit to the SEC, Viasat,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and any national securities
exchange on which the Company's securities are listed, any and all reports
(including any amendments thereto) the undersigned is required to file with the
SEC under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation
promulgated thereunder or under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule
144"), with respect to any security of the Company, including Forms 3, 4 and 5,
Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 144;

3)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's securities from any
third party, including the Company and any brokers, dealers, employee benefit
plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such
third party to release any such information to the Attorney-in-Fact; and

4)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
Attorney-in-Fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
in connection with the foregoing.

 The undersigned acknowledges that:

1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the Attorney-in-Fact
to act in his or her discretion on information provided to such Attorney-in-Fact
without independent verification of such information;

2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will
contain such information and disclosure as the Attorney-in-Fact, in his or her
discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

3)	neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes (i) any liability for
the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of Section 16
of the Exchange Act or Rule 144, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any
failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any liability of the
undersigned for disgorgement of profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act;
and

4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility
for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act, including, without limitation, the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or advisable to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority of this Power
of Attorney.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 or Schedules 13D or 13G
or Forms 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact or by the undersigned's execution and
delivery to the Company of a new power of attorney with respect to the subject
matter of this Power of Attorney. This Power of Attorney revokes all previous
powers of attorney with respect to the subject matter of this Power of Attorney.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of
this 7th day of December, 2021.


/s/ Doug Abts

Name:  Doug Abts