Amos-3
Launched: 28 April 2008
Site: Baikonur
Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launcher: Zenit 3SLB
Orbit: GEO, 4°
W
International Number: 2008-022A
Name: Amos-3
Owner:
Spacecom
Contractor: Israel Aerospace Industries MBT Space
Division
Amos-3 is an Israeli commercial communications satellite, owned
and operated by Spacecom.
Amos-3 weighed 1,270 kg at launch. It will be
deployed in the same orbital slot as Amos-1 and Amos-2. Amos-3 will offer
additional capacity, coverage areas, and advanced capabilities such as two
wideband Ka-band beams of up to 500 MHz each and 12 Ku band 72MHz transponders
with steerable beams for global coverage. Amos-3's steerable beams will provide
global coverage and the flexibility to meet Spacecom's customers changing
needs.
About Spacecom
Space-Communication Ltd. (Spacecom) is the
operator of the Amos satellites, which provide high-quality broadcast and
communication services to Europe, the Middle East, and the Atlantic bridge to
the United States. The Amos satellite constellation, consisting of Amos-1 and
Amos-2 co-located at the prime orbital position of 4°W, serves
Direct-To-Home and other Television platforms in Europe and the Middle East, as
well as provides a secure and stable transmission to government agencies. The
extensive signal strength and prime location makes the Amos platform
particularly suitable for DBS and DTH operators, as well as a wide range of
broadcasters, ISPs, telecommunications operators, and network integrators with
Internet, voice, data and digital TV services.
Spacecom's Amos-3
satellite will offer extended coverage as well as new capabilities such as
Ka-band and steerable beams with global coverage.
Based in Israel,
Spacecom is traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) as SCC. Its major
shareholders are Eurocom, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), General Satellite
Services Co. (GSSC) and Mer Services Group.
(source:
Spacecom)
