Manufacturer | Israel Aerospace Industries, ISS Reshetnev (AMOS-5) |
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Country of origin | Israel |
Operator | Spacecom |
Applications | Communications |
Specifications | |
Bus | AMOS bus Ekspress bus (AMOS-5) Boeing 702 bus (AMOS-17) |
Regime | Geostationary |
Production | |
Status | Active |
Built | 7 known |
Launched | 5 |
Operational | 3 |
Failed | 1 |
Lost | 1 |
Maiden launch | AMOS-1 - 16 May 1996 |
Last launch | AMOS-17 - 6 August 2019 |
AMOS ("Affordable Modular Optimized Satellite") is a series of Israeli communications satellites operated by Israel-based Spacecom. All AMOS satellites were developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) using the AMOS bus satellite bus, except for AMOS-5 which was developed by ISS Reshetnev using the Ekspress bus satellite bus, and AMOS-17 which was developed by Boeing on its BSS-702.[1]