Ovzon is negotiating with other launch providers in addition to Arianespace to secure a 2022 launch for Ovzon-3.
Ovzon originally planned to launch Ovzon-3 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy before selecting Arianespace in 2019.
Arianespace had been preparing to launch Ovzon-3 alongside Eutelsat’s Konnect VHTS on an Ariane 5 mission.
Launching Ovzon-3 on a dedicated Ariane 5 mission would require dropping another Ariane 5 customer and would leave a large amount of unused capacity on the rocket.
Ovzon-3 includes a reprogrammable onboard processor that acts as a mesh network to enable remote satellite terminals to operate independently of a teleport.
Ovzon 3 is planned to be launched in the second half of 2022.
Ovzon 3 was originally planned to launch with Arianespace by the end of 2021.
Ovzon 3 has been in production at Maxar in the United States since the project was initiated on 2019-08-09.
Ovzon’s next-generation satellite Ovzon 3 is scheduled to launch in 2021-10-01 to further enhance performance and functionality.
Ovzon 3 is intended to offer the highest bandwidth with the smallest terminals for mobile broadband by geostationary satellites.
Ovzon plans to launch the first Ovzon 3 satellite in 2021.
Ovzon signed an agreement with Arianespace in 2019 to launch the satellite called Ovzon-3 in the fourth quarter of 2021 on an Ariane 5 rocket.
Ovzon will operate Ovzon-3 from its Network Operations Center.
Maxar is building Ovzon-3 on a Legion-class bus.
Ovzon contracted Eutelsat to provide lifetime control of Ovzon-3 rather than operating that control itself for a single satellite.
Ovzon’s four-year lease of capacity on Intelsat-37 and Intelsat-39 provides additional capacity while Ovzon awaits the launch of its first satellite, Ovzon-3, in 2021 on an Ariane 5 rocket.
Maxar is applying the Legion platform to Ovzon-3, a geostationary communications satellite for Swedish broadband company Ovzon.
Maxar won a selection from Sweden’s Ovzon in December to build the Ovzon-3 small geostationary satellite based on Maxar’s Legion-class satellite platform.
SpaceX’s contract to launch the Astranis satellite followed SpaceX losing a 2021 mission to launch the 1,500-kilogram Ovzon-3 satellite on Falcon Heavy.
Ovzon-3’s launch on Ariane 5 is planned for the second half of 2021.