Ovzon is a Swedish space company founded in 2006 that provides mobile satellite communications services, known as SATCOM-as-a-Service, globally. Their services integrate high-throughput satellite networks, mobile satellite terminals, and dedicated customer support to offer high-performance, secure, and resilient connectivity. Ovzon's key offerings include Ovzon Pegasus and Ovzon Orion, enabled by their proprietary Ovzon 3 satellite and On-Board-Processor. The company serves customers with critical communication needs such as Defense, National Security, Public Safety, and Emergency Services, with major customers including the U.S. Department of Defense, Swedish Space Corporation and NATO.
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On 2019-08-24 Ovzon exited a preliminary agreement to launch its first fully owned satellite on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy after contracting Arianespace for a 2021 launch aboard an Ariane 5.
Ovzon used its financing to finalize a manufacturing agreement with Maxar Technologies in July 2019 to build Ovzon-3 using a Legion-class satellite platform formerly called the SSL-500.
Ovzon announced a Falcon Heavy agreement in October 2018 for the launch of its first fully owned satellite.
Ovzon purchased a satellite from Maxar Technologies in December that is projected to weigh around 1,000 kg.
Ovzon purchased its small GEO satellite from Maxar Technologies.
Astranis in San Francisco, GapSat in Hong Kong, and Ovzon in Sweden are planning to launch small GEO satellites in 2020 or 2021.
SpaceX has a contract to launch Ovzon-3 on a Falcon Heavy rocket in 2021 with a direct injection into geostationary orbit.
Ovzon ordered the Ovzon-3 satellite from Space Systems Loral in December and expects the satellite to have a mass of around 1,000 kg.
Ovzon uses leased satellite capacity to deliver a 60/20 megabits-per-second internet service to government, defense, media, and NGO customers equipped with ultra-portable terminals.
Ovzon contracted SSL to build Ovzon-3 using the SSL500 small-satellite platform.
Ovzon-3 will expand Ovzon’s leased coverage over the Middle East, Europe and Northern Africa.
Pacific Dataport is the third company in five months to purchase a small geostationary telecom satellite, following GapSat of Hong Kong with GapSat-1 from Terran Orbital in September and Ovzon with Ovzon-3 from SSL in December.
Maxar’s Space Systems Loral was awarded a manufacturing contract on 2018-12-17 to build a geostationary communications satellite designed for mobile broadband services for Ovzon.
Ovzon has developed small terminals for mobile connectivity intended to offer better service when paired with its own Ku-band satellite.
Ovzon expects the satellite built by Space Systems Loral to be complete in 2021.
Ovzon paid Eutelsat $1,600,000 in 2019 to place one of Eutelsat’s satellites at an Ovzon orbital slot in order to preserve spectrum rights at that location.
Ovzon estimates the full mission cost, including manufacturing, launch, financing and insurance, at approximately 1.5 billion Swedish krona ($166,000,000).
Ovzon has been developing its own satellite with a unique onboard processor since 2014.
Ovzon purchased a Falcon Heavy launch from SpaceX in October 2019.
Swedish company Ovzon will launch its first satellite on a Falcon Heavy no earlier than the fourth quarter of 2020.