IAI AMOS

AMOS, short for Affordable Modular Optimized Satellite, is the family of Israeli geostationary communications satellites that Israel Aerospace Industries built for the operator Spacecom. AMOS 1 was a three-axis-stabilised satellite with a mostly rectangular bus of about two by two by one and a half metres and two short solar arrays giving around one kilowatt, and it was launched on an Ariane 44L from Kourou with a launch weight of 998 kilograms. AMOS 2 followed on a Soyuz-Fregat from Baikonur in December 2003 with 11 Ku-band transponders, and AMOS 3 was launched on a Zenit rocket in April 2008 to replace AMOS 1 at four degrees west. AMOS 4, launched in August 2013, was described as the largest and most sophisticated communication satellite built in Israel, with a launch weight of 4.3 tons. AMOS-17, launched in August 2019, was built by Boeing. The satellites carry direct-to-home television, broadband and mobile services to Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.