Ovzon AB is a broadband telecommunications company that offers mobile communication services via satellite. Ovzon has offices in Stockholm in Sweden and Florida in the United States. [1]
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Ovzon was founded in 2006.
Ovzon planned to procure and launch its own communications satellite Ovzon-3 with a mass of 1500 kg, [2] which was announced on 16 October 2018. [3] The original launch contract was attributed to SpaceX for a Falcon Heavy mission no earlier than the fourth quarter of 2020. The satellite would have been delivered directly into geostationary orbit. [4]
Ovzon announced 23 August 2019 that it had ended its agreement with SpaceX and would instead launch Ovzon-3 on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle in 2021. [5]
Delays in satellite manufacturing led Ovzon to shift the launch back to SpaceX as the Ariane 5 approached its retirement. [2] Ovzon-3 was launched on a Falcon 9 Block 5 on 3 January 2024. [6] It is the first commercial satellite with Roll Out Solar Array that were deployed on 10 January 2024. [7] [8]