All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
Amos-17 is a replacement for Amos-5, a Russian-built satellite that failed in 2015 after four years of operation toward an expected 15-year service life.
An unnamed customer will use high-throughput Ka-band capacity on Amos-17 for four years to provide communications services primarily in Africa.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch Amos-17 in the second quarter of 2019.
The Israeli government intends to operate a satellite at the same geostationary location as most of Spacecom's fleet.
Spacecom decided in late April to purchase a telecom satellite called Amos-8 from U.S. manufacturer Space Systems Loral.
Spacecom has 60 days from contract signing to cancel its $112,000,000 Amos-8 order without incurring fees.
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.