Intelsat has a $56,000,000 agreement with Ovzon to use capacity on Ovzon-3 following its launch.
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.
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-3 is expected to cost $166,000,000 including launch and insurance, conditional on full financing.
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.