Spacecom

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Spacecom, or Space Communication (Template:Langx), is an Israeli communications satellite operator in the Middle East, European Union and North America headquartered in the city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Spacecom operates two satellites at orbital position 4° West – AMOS-3 and AMOS-7, one satellite at orbital position 65° East – AMOS-4, and one satellite at orbital position 17° East – AMOS-5.

History

Spacecom was established in 1993 with the defined goal of marketing AMOS-1, a newly built communication satellite manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). In 2003, Spacecom launched its second satellite, AMOS-2, owned entirely by the company. In 2008, the AMOS-3 satellite was launched to replace AMOS-1 and increase coverage and traffic abilities.[1]

Until 2005, Spacecom was a private company controlled by four companies, including IAI and Eurocom Group. It went public on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in 2005.[2][3][4]

In August 2016, Spacecom shareholders agreed to sell the company for US$500 million to Beijing Xinwei Technology Group (China) via a Luxembourg business entity.[5] The deal, announced 24 August 2016, was pending the successful entry into service of AMOS-6 after the launch.[6] On 1 September 2016, two days before the scheduled launch date, the satellite was destroyed during the run-up to a static fire test of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. Later statements from both companies stated that negotiations were ongoing, but that the purchase price was likely to be reduced.[7][8] However, by April 2017 talks between Spacecom and Xinwei had failed, and Spacecom began a new search for buyers.[9] In October 2021 Spacecom and 4iG Plc., a Hungarian information technology and telecommunications company, signed an agreement in which 4iG is acquiring a majority stake (51%) in Spacecom.[10]

Coverage

Spacecom satellites provide coverage to most of the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Services

Fleet

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Former

  • AMOS-1
  • AMOS-2 (4° West)
  • AMOS-5 (17° East) – Israeli satellite launched from Kazakhstan in 2011 by Russia's Proton-M launch vehicle to provide services to customers in Africa.[11][12] AMOS-5 initiated commercial operations in early 2012 with C-band and Ku-band beams.[13] On 21 November 2015, all communications with the AMOS-5 satellite were lost.[14]

In orbit

  • AMOS-3 (4° West)
  • AMOS-4 (65° East) – was successfully launched on 31 August 2013 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. It will offer coverage across Southeast Asia along with high power coverage beams offering communication links from East Asia to the Middle East.
  • AMOS-7 (4° West) – Lease of AsiaSat 8
Name Bus Payload Order Launch Launch Vehicle Launch Result Launch Weight Status Remarks
AMOS-1 AMOS 7 Ku-band Template:NA 16 May 1996 Ariane 44L Template:Success Template:Cvt Template:NA Launched along Palapa-C2. Sold in 2009 to Intelsat as Intelsat 24.[15]
AMOS-2 AMOS 22 Ku-band Template:NA 17 December 2003 Soyuz-FG Template:Success Template:Cvt Template:Failure [16] Reached end of life on 2 April 2017.[17]
AMOS-3 AMOS 15 Ku-band and Ka-band September 2005 28 April 2008 Zenit-3SLB Template:Success Template:Cvt Template:NA Straight GEO launch.[18]
AMOS-5 Ekspress-1000H 18 C-band and 16 Ku-band Template:NA 2011-12-11 Proton-M / Briz-M Template:Success Template:Cvt Template:Failure Launched along Luch 5A. Failed on 21 November 2015.[19]
AMOS-4 AMOS 4000 8 Ku-band and 4 Ka-band Template:NA 31 August 2013 Zenit-3SLB Template:Success Template:Cvt Template:NA [20]
AMOS-6 AMOS 4000 2 S-band, 43 Ku-band and Ka-band 2012 3 September 2016 Falcon 9 Full Thrust Template:Failure Template:Cvt Template:NA Electric propulsion for station keeping.[21]
AMOS-7 SSL-1300 24 Ku-band, 1 Ka-band Template:NA 5 August 2014 Falcon 9 Template:NA Template:Cvt Template:NA Four-year lease of AsiaSat 8.[22]
AMOS-17 BSS-702MP Ka-band, Ku-band, C-band 2016 6 August 2019 Falcon 9 Template:Success Template:Cvt Template:NA Deployed with a free launch due to the loss of AMOS-6.[23]
AMOS-8 AMOS 4000 39 Ku-band, 24 Ka-band, 2 S-band 2018 Template:Planned Falcon 9 Cancelled Template:Cvt Template:NA Spacecom selected SSL to build satellite, based on SSL-1300 bus. AMOS-6 replacement. This order was eventually cancelled.

See also

References

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External links

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