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Spacecom is leasing AsiaSat-8 from Hong Kong-based AsiaSat for $22,000,000 annually to fill the service void over Africa left by the loss of Amos-6.
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.
On 2018-05-21, Spacecom secured a contract worth up to $55,000,000 for satellite capacity on the Amos-17 satellite.
The Israeli government intends to operate a satellite at the same geostationary location as most of Spacecom's fleet.