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Israel Aerospace Industries was ordered to pay Spacecom $10,000,000 for late delivery of the Amos-6 satellite.
Spacecom ordered Amos-8 from Space Systems Loral as a replacement for the IAI-built Amos-6 satellite destroyed during a SpaceX Falcon 9 fueling mishap in September 2016.
The Israeli government told Spacecom in late April 2019 that it intended to order a satellite from Israel Aerospace Industries and place it in the same geosynchronous orbit as most of Spacecom’s fleet.
Spacecom’s March 2019 decision to buy Amos-8 from a U.S. company instead of Israel Aerospace Industries sparked concern that Israel might lose its ability to produce telecommunications satellites domestically.
Israel Aerospace Industries seeks to expand its portfolio of small satellites and to invest in satellite services.
Effective Space and Israel Aerospace Industries reached an agreement on 2018-09-11 for IAI to provide technical and financial support to Effective Space.
One of SSL’s 2018 orders was not fully finalized after Spacecom delayed its downpayment on the $112,000,000 Amos-8 satellite following news that the Israeli government may procure a satellite from Israel Aerospace Industries to co-locate with Spacecom’s fleet at 4 degrees West.
Spacecom received a letter from the Israeli government stating that a group of agencies might procure a satellite from Israel Aerospace Industries and place it in geosynchronous orbit at 4 degrees west.