SpaceX launches Swedish communications satellite
Posted: Sat, Jan 6, 2024, 6:06 PM ET (2306 GMT)
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.
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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