Outlook 1.Spacecom canceled satellite order with SSL and will be built in Israel with government backing 2.Amos-6 lost on launch pad when Falcon 9 exploded during preflight check on September 1, 2016 3.Spacecom lost contact with Amos-5 in November 2015 and wrote off the satellite a month later 4.AMOS-17 launched in August 2019 5.AMOS-8 planned for a 2022 launch Orientation Description. Spacecom is a commercial communications satellite company that operates Affordable Modular Optimized Satellite (Amos) spacecraft, which are small communications satellites for deployment in a geosynchronous orbit. Sponsor. Spacecom started as a joint venture between four Israeli companies: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI, formerly Israel Aircraft Industries), Eurocom Communications, Mer Services Group, and General Satellite Services Company. It is now a publicly traded company majority owned by Eurocom Holdings, C. Mer Industries, and M.M. Satellites and Communications. Status. Spacecom operates three satellites in geosynchronous orbit. It also leases a third satellite from AsiaSat. Total Produced. Seven.
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