IAI AMOS-2 is an Israeli commercial communications satellite, the second generation of the AMOS series operated for television, radio, internet and data distribution. It was built by Israel Aerospace Industries and placed in geostationary orbit at 4 degrees West, close to AMOS-1 so that the two could share a single antenna. The satellite carried 28 Ku-band transponders, twenty-two active and six held as backups, and weighed 1,370 kilograms at launch. It was launched on 27 December 2003 from Baikonur Cosmodrome on a Soyuz-FG Fregat after a dispute over the originally planned Ariane launch. In April 2017 the operator announced that AMOS-2 had reached the end of its commercial life and was being cleared to a graveyard orbit.
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PropulsionMonomethylhydrazine and MON-1 2 Connections
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Communication satellite built by IAI for Spacecom Ltd., Israel.
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AMOS-2 is an Israeli commercial second generation communication satellite
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Launched 2003.
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Communication satellite built by IAI for Spacecom Ltd., Israel.
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has reached the end of its commercial life, and is being cleared from the geostationary orbit to the graveyard orbit
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AMOS-2 is an Israeli commercial second generation communication satellite
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450 kg of propellant (Monomethylhydrazine and MON-1)
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