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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Ovzon received a 12-month order to deliver Ovzon SATCOM-as-a-Service for use by the Italian Border Police.
The Ovzon T7 has transmitted 10 Mbps and received 60 Mbps on current Ovzon networks.
In December 2021 Ovzon signed a contract with its previous Italian distributor for the same end-customer, the Italian Fire and Rescue Services.
Ovzon partnered with Vodafone Italia to deliver its SATCOM-as-a-Service solution to the Italian Fire and Rescue Services.
Ovzon 3 was originally planned to launch in 2021 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy before Ovzon secured a launch deal with Arianespace.
Ovzon will provide an update on Ovzon 3 at the conclusion of the upcoming dynamics tests.
Ovzon is working with SpaceX to complete the analysis required to safeguard Ovzon 3 in the Falcon 9 launch environment.
A smaller version of the Maxar 1300 bus was selected in 2018 by Swedish broadband operator Ovzon.
Ovzon and Bansat were awarded an eight-month order to provide mobile satellite connectivity to the UDAPV (Attention Unit for Vulnerable Population), a department within the Colombian Civil Registry.
Ovzon received a new order for Ovzon SATCOM-as-a-Service from Swedish Space Corporation to be delivered during the second quarter of 2023.
Ovzon expanded its On-the-Move SATCOM-as-a-Service offering with partner Nigma Conseil through an initial order valued at $600,000.
Ovzon is working with Nigma Conseil to expand and develop an agile On-The-Move SATCOM-as-a-Service for a variety of mission-critical unmanned platforms.
Ovzon received its first order from Nigma Conseil in December of 2022 with an order value of $1,000,000.
Per Norén, CEO of Ovzon, positions the ISR market segment as a clear target for Ovzon and states the company is continuously improving and expanding its product and services portfolio into value-added solutions for unmanned missions.
Maxar Technologies’ supply chain issues increased the overall cost of Ovzon’s inaugural satellite project by about $25,000,000.
Ovzon originally lined up a 2021 SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch for Ovzon 3 before switching to an Ariane 5 after receiving a better deal from Arianespace.
Italian distributor Gomedia Satcom ran into more severe financial difficulties, prompting Ovzon to delay the publication of its annual financial results by about a week to 2023-03-30.
Ovzon secured a deadline extension on 2023-03-28 enabling it to keep priority spectrum rights for its first broadband satellite Ovzon 3 if it launches early enough in a July–September launch window set by SpaceX.
Ovzon increased a $60,000,000 line of credit to $65,000,000 to help cover rising satellite project costs.
International regulators gave Ovzon until the end of the year to start providing services in geostationary orbit from Ovzon 3.