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SpaceX launches Swedish communications satellite
Posted: Sat, Jan 6, 2024, 6:06 PM ET (2306 GMT)
Falcon 9 launch of Ozvon 3 (SpaceX) SpaceX launched a Swedish communications satellite Wednesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 6:04 pm EST (2304 GMT) from Cape Canaveral and placed the Ovzon 3 satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit. Maxar built the 1,500-kilogram satellite, which will spend the next several months moving to its final position in geostationary orbit at 59.7 degrees west. Ovzon 3 is the first fully owned satellite for the company, founded in 2006 to provide mobile satellite terminals and which later expanded to connectivity services using capacity leased on other satellites.
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