https://spacewatch.global/tag/spacecom/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:00:12 +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/spacecom/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/us-space-command-plans-to-transfer-space-object-tracking-to-department-of-commerce/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44201 The US Space Command (Spacecom) tracks over 47,000 objects in space currently, which responsibility is planned to be transferred to the Department of Commerce, the US Department of Defence said. The transfer of responsibility will allow Spacecom to focus on what is happening in Earth’s orbits.]]> 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/2018/11/israels-iai-ordered-to-pay-spacecom-10-million-for-amos-6-loss/ Wed, 07 Nov 2018 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11168 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been ordered to pay Spacecom U.S.$10 million for the late delivery of the AMOS-6 communications satellite that ended up being destroyed in a launchpad explosion of the SpaceX Falcon 9 it was sitting upon in 2016.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/israeli-government-comptroller-says-israel-space-agency-underfunded-vulnerable-to-national-security-failings/ Wed, 24 Oct 2018 05:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10973 Israel’s civilian space programme is in crisis due to chronic underfunding and the continuous outsourcing of satellite communications acquisitions to foreign satellite manufacturers, according to the annual report of the Israeli State Comptroller.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/israels-spacecom-cancels-amos-8-satellite-order-with-space-systems-loral/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 05:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10570 After the Israeli government’s decision to subsidize Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to build the AMOS-8 communications satellite, Spacecom has informed U.S. satellite manufacturer Space Systems Loral (SSL) that it is cancelling its March 2018 contract for them to build the satellite.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/israeli-government-to-subsidise-build-of-amos-8-communications-satellite-by-iai-ssl-out-of-the-running/ Thu, 06 Sep 2018 05:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10288 The Israeli government has made the decision to subsidize Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in designing and building a communications satellite following the decision by Spacecom earlier this year to tap U.S. satellite manufacturer Space Systems Loral (SSL) to build its AMOS-8 satellite instead of giving the contract to IAI.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/israels-satcom-systems-ltd-receives-buyout-offer-from-liquid-telecom/ Fri, 24 Aug 2018 05:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10086 African telecommunications company Liquid Telecom has made a U.S.$8 million bid to acquire Israeli company Satcom Systems Ltd., a subsidiary of the troubled Eurocom Group, and a sister company of Spacecom, the Israeli satellite communications company that operates the AMOS fleet.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/qatars-eshailsat-purchases-satellite-it-shared-with-eutelsat/ Mon, 13 Aug 2018 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9888 Qatar’s Es’hailSat satellite communications company has purchased outright the satellite it has been sharing with Eutelsat - EUTELSAT-25B/Es'hail-1 - taking full control of the satellite now just named Es'hail-1. The purchase comes as the Qatari company awaits the launch later this year of Es'hail-2, built by Japanese satellite manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric Company (MELCO).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/07/facebook-building-leo-broadband-satellite-to-bridge-digital-divide-in-africa/ Wed, 25 Jul 2018 05:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9571 Social media giant Facebook has confirmed that one of its subsidiaries, PointView Tech LLC, is building a satellite dubbed Athena that will be placed in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and provide Gigabite-quantity Internet services in digitally deprived areas such as Africa.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/07/israel-to-be-fourth-country-on-the-moon-in-2019-thanks-to-spaceil/ Thu, 12 Jul 2018 07:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9423 Israel’s SpaceIL has announced that it will launch its Moon probe on a SpaceX launch vehicle, to land in February 2019. If successful, the SpaceIL lunar mission will make Israel the fourth-ever country to land on the Moon, after the Soviet Union, U.S., and China.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/israels-spacecom-struggling-to-come-up-with-amos-8-deposit-for-space-systems-loral/ Fri, 29 Jun 2018 05:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9220 Israel’s Spacecom has again extended the time period it needs to raise funds for its initial deposit for U.S. Satellite manufacturer SpaceSystems/Loral (SSL) to build its AMOS-8 satellite, but the process – and payment -- has been mired in delays.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/israeli-government-to-make-decision-on-home-grown-or-u-s-built-satellite/ Fri, 22 Jun 2018 05:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9106 The Israeli government will shortly come to a decision on the manufacturer for its own satellite - and this has become a hot topic in industry and political circles. Perhaps somewhat controversially, Israeli satellite operator Spacecom decided to purchase its next satellite, AMOS-8, from Space Systems Loral, an American satellite manufacturer, rather than the indigenous IAI, which had previously been the manufacturer of choice for satellite missions and has provided satellites for the Ministry of Defence and other businesses both in Israel and internationally.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/05/israels-spacecom-mounting-pressure-extends-payment-period-amos-8-orbital-slot-claimed-israeli-government/ Tue, 29 May 2018 05:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8808 Israel’s Spacecom, the troubled operator of the AMOS fleet of communications satellites, has postponed its U.S.$112 million contract with Space Systems Loral (SSL) to build the AMOS-8 satellite. Instead, Spacecom has come to an interim agreement with SSL and has a 30 day extension to raise the necessary funds for the initial down payment that will see the contract reinstated and work begun on the satellite.]]> 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.]]>