Swedish venture Ovzon's (OVZON.ST) order for a broadband satellite gives the GEO market a much-needed lift, and prospects for financing it this time are high as SES (EPA:SESG) secures €400m (US$459m) in loans to back its next-gen fibre-from-the-sky constellation. Ovzon bought the small satellite from Maxar Technologies' (NYSE:MAXR) SSL division, which has been looking at options for divesting its GEO communications satellite business in a declining market (see page 12).
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