https://spacewatch.global/tag/amos-17/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 20 Aug 2020 05:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/amos-17/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/08/spacecom-and-novelsat-demonstrate-high-volume-video-delivery-over-amos-17/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=25346&preview=true&preview_id=25346 Spacecom (TASE: SCC), operator of the AMOS satellites fleet, and NOVELSAT, a global leader in content connectivity over satellite, announced today the successful demonstration of end-to-end video delivery over AMOS-17 high throughput satellite, from network core to network edge, serving user devices over a wireless network and showcasing high-quality user experience.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/st-engineering-idirect-and-spacecom-join-forces-on-high-throughput-low-power-demonstration-on-amos-17-with-idirect-iq-200/ Fri, 08 May 2020 05:00:22 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22319 ST Engineering iDirect, a company of ST Engineering North America, and its long-term partner, Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, announced the successful demonstration of VSAT return capabilities on AMOS-17.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacex-successfully-launches-seventh-batch-of-starlink-satellites/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 05:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21883 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/israels-spacecom-appoints-itzhak-shnaiberg-as-interim-ceo/ Tue, 07 Jan 2020 06:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18432 Following the retirement of David Pollack on 1 January 2020, Israel’s Spacecom has announced the appointment of Itzhak Shnaiberg as the company’s interim chief executive officer.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/angola-satellite-services-company-signs-with-israels-spacecom-for-c-band-on-amos-17/ Tue, 19 Nov 2019 06:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17069 Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, today announced that a leading Angolan satellite services company has signed a contract for C-Band HTS capacity on the newly launched AMOS-17 communication satellite. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/david-pollack-to-step-down-as-ceo-from-israels-spacecom/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 06:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16847 David Pollack, the long-serving Chief Executive Officer of Israeli satellite communications company Spacecom, is to step down after 24 years with the company.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/08/spacex-successfully-launches-amos-17-for-israels-spacecom/ Thu, 08 Aug 2019 05:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15509 On Tuesday, 6 August 2019, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, carrying the AMOS-17 satellite for Spacecom. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/05/israels-space-industry-roiled-scandal-spacecom-decision-buy-ssl-satellite/ Fri, 25 May 2018 05:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8780 The decision by the board of Israeli satellite communications company Spacecom to buy its AMOS-8 satellite from US satellite manufacturer Space Systems Loral (SSL) over Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has unleashed political controversy in Israel and revealed a potential corruption scandal within Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/05/israels-spacecom-wins-u-s-55-million-contract-african-broadcasts/ Wed, 23 May 2018 05:00:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8756 Troubled Israeli commercial satellite operator Spacecom has won a U.S.$55 million contract from an unnamed customer to use the AMOS-17 satellite to broadcast content to the African continent. AMOS-17 is being built by U.S. satellite manufacturer Boeing Satellite Systems International and is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX by mid-2019, and is to replace AMOS-5 – built by a Russian manufacturer – that failed in orbit in 2015 after only four years operation of what should have been a fifteen year mission.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/middle-east-space-roundup-israels-spacecom-gilat-announce-new-business-uaes-yahsat-make-insurance-claim-comtech-wins-uae-armed-forces-comms-deal-uae-embassy-dc-hails-uae-us-space-cooperat/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 05:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7982 SpaceWatch.Global is providing a new weekly feature that provides a brief summary and roundup of space activities and satellite industry developments in Africa, Middle East, Asia-Pacific, and Russia and the CIS that have not been reported in-depth by our team.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/israels-spacecom-looking-acquire-amos-8-end-asiasat-lease/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 05:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7963 Israeli fleet operator Spacecom is very close to purchasing a new satellite, named AMOS-8. This forthcoming purchase is a sign of a turnaround for Spacecom, as well as a bet on the troubled company’s future. Back-to-back spacecraft losses in 2015 and 2016 turned Spacecom from an expanding business into a struggling concern. Preceding the destruction of AMOS-6, Spacecom’s Russian-built AMOS-5 satellite ceased working in orbit due to a power system failure in 2015, just four years after its launch.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/11/israels-spacecom-announces-amos-17-successfully-passes-critical-design-review/ Thu, 16 Nov 2017 05:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6333 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/04/israels-spacecom-hangs-tough-signals-end-xinwei-attempted-buyout/ Thu, 27 Apr 2017 05:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=4218 This content is for members only. 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