IAI AMOS-4

IAI AMOS-4 is an Israeli commercial communications satellite operated by the Tel Aviv based Spacecom Satellite Communications and part of the AMOS series. Spacecom announced in 2007 that it had signed an agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries to build and launch the satellite, which IAI constructed for approximately 365 million US dollars. Spacecom paid 100 million dollars of that, and the Israeli government paid Spacecom 265 million dollars generated from a pre-launch deal for services over the satellite 12 year life. AMOS-4 was first considered for a SpaceX Falcon 9, was later assigned to a Zenit-3SLB, and lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 31 August 2013. It provides direct-to-home television, multimedia, broadband Internet and mobile communications from 65 degrees East, extending the operator coverage to Russia and Asia.