Thales Alenia Space
To Co-Operate With IAI In The Amos-4 Satellite
(8 July 2008) Thales Alenia Space
announces a contract with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) LTD, acting through
its Systems Missiles and Space Group, MBT Space Division, to supply RF
communication assemblies for the Amos-4 communication
satellite.
IAI, prime contractor of Amos-4, is building the
satellite for Israeli satellite operator Spacecom Ltd.
Slated for launch
in 2012, Amos-4 will also expand the operator's range of Ku- and Ka-band
capacity to provide high-quality communications and broadcasting transmission
services in Israel and internationally.
The satellite's weight at launch
will be approximately 3.4 tons and the payload power about 4.0 kW. Amos-4 will
be launched into a geostationary transfer orbit, to an orbital location
different from the Amos-1, 2 and 3 satellites. These satellites are located at
4*W on the Equator, and allow Spacecom Ltd. to supply communications services
to the Middle East, Central Europe and the United States of America. Amos-4
will be located between 64* E and 76*E, in a manner that will allow for the
provision of services to a wider array of customers, in a higher quality and
wider areas of coverage, including Asia.
After Amos-1, Amos-2 and the
recent launch of Amos-3, Thales Alenia Space strengthens with this contract its
long-time successful partnership with IAI.
About Thales Alenia
Space
The European leader in satellite systems and a major player in
orbital infrastructures, Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture between Thales
(67%) and Finmeccanica (33%). Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio embody the two
groups' "Space Alliance". Thales Alenia Space sets the global standard in
solutions for space telecoms, radar and optical Earth observation, defence and
security, navigation and science. The company has a total of 7,200 employees
and 11 industrial sites, with locations in France, Italy, Spain and
Belgium.
(source: Thales Alenia Space)
