Ovzon 3 is lighter and smaller than traditional communications satellites designed for geostationary orbit.
Once launched from Arianespace’s launchpad in French Guiana, Ovzon 3 will take about four months to enter service and will provide five steerable beams.
Critical key components previously delayed for Ovzon 3 have been delivered to Ovzon’s production partner Maxar.
Ovzon CEO Per Norén is confident in the market demand for Ovzon 3 and cites increasing demand from current and new customers for the geostationary satellite.
Ovzon 3 is a geostationary communications satellite described as the first in its class specifically designed to provide mobility, performance, and resiliency.
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, 2024-01-03 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Ovzon 3 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Ovzon 3 will be launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The Ovzon 3 launch occurred at 6:04 p.m. Eastern from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Maxar Space Systems designed and manufactured Ovzon 3 for Ovzon, a Swedish-based SATCOM-as-a-Service provider.
Ovzon 3 is intended to provide mobile connectivity mainly to government customers, including the U.S. Department of Defense.
Ovzon 3 reached its orbital position in the geostationary arc after a five-month journey in space.
Ovzon contracted Arianespace to launch its satellite in 2021 aboard an Ariane 5.
Ovzon plans to launch the first Ovzon 3 satellite in 2021.
Ovzon 3 is intended to offer the highest bandwidth with the smallest terminals for mobile broadband by geostationary satellites.
Ovzon’s next-generation satellite Ovzon 3 is scheduled to launch in 2021-10-01 to further enhance performance and functionality.
In the third quarter, Intelsat’s $56,200,000 pre-capacity commitment for Ovzon 3 was reduced by 5% because of the satellite’s delay.
Ovzon has a launch timeframe for Ovzon 3 between December 2022 and February 2023, contingent on successful tests and completed logistics and coordination.
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 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.
Ovzon 3 will be launched by a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida later in 2023.