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AMOS 8
AMOS 8 [SSL]
AMOS 8 is a planned communications satellite by the Israeli Spacecom to replace the failed AMOS 6 satellite and its temporary replacement AMOS 7.
AMOS-8 will include flexible high power Ku-band and Ka-band payloads with steerable antennas to enable customers to deliver various added value services. Spacecom has selected in March 2018 SSL to build the satellite based on the SSL-1300 bus. The satellite is designed to provide service for a minimum of 15 years.
AMOS-8 will be launched in 2020 on a SpaceX Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) rocket. It will be co-located with AMOS 3 at 4° West.
In September 2018 it was announced, that the satellite would not be built by SSL, but by the Israeli IAI to preserve the satellite building capability, although at a much higher price. This AMOS 8 will be similar to the original AMOS 6.
| Nation: | Israel |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | Spacecom Ltd. |
| Contractors: | Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) |
| Equipment: | high power Ku-band and Ka-band payloads |
| Configuration: | SSL-1300 |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMOS 8 | - | cancelled | CC | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) |
References:
- Space News: SSL bags Amos-8 and BSAT-4b manufacturing contracts, 26 March 2018
