IAI AMOS-1

AMOS-1, later renamed Intelsat 24, was the first Israeli civilian communications satellite. The name stands for Affordable Modular Optimized Satellite. It was developed by Israel Aircraft Industries, now Israel Aerospace Industries, with assistance from DASA and Alcatel Espace, for the operator Spacecom, and drew on the experience gained with the Ofeq reconnaissance satellites. It was launched on 16 May 1996 from Kourou in French Guiana on an Ariane 4 in the 44L configuration, sharing the flight with the Indonesian Palapa-C2, and weighed roughly 970 kg at launch with nine Ku-band transponders. It served home television customers from 4 degrees west until AMOS-2 replaced it, and in 2009 it was sold to Intelsat and became Intelsat 24.