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Amos-17's objective would be to provide TV, cellular and internet services to Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
BY ALON EINHORN
JULY 28, 2019 13:13
2 minute read.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, scheduled to launch a U.S. Air Force navigation satellite, sits on Launch Complex 40 after the launch was postponed after an abort procedure was triggered by the onboard flight computer, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.. (photo credit: REUTERS/STEVE NESIUS)
Israeli satellite "Amos-17" is scheduled to be mounted on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and launched to space from Cape Canaveral, Florida next Sunday or Monday, Ynet reported.
The satellite is owned by the Israeli communication company Spacecom, built by Boeing and will be mounted on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Amos-17's objective would be to provide TV, cellular and internet services to Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
"Africa is a huge continent, it's the fastest growing continent," Spacecom officials said. "By the end of this century, Asia and Africa will be equal in terms of population, which means that in terms of the percentage of the young population, it will be the largest young population in the world, so there will be a demand for content. It's hard to reach some points on the ground there so a satellite solves that problem."
Spacecom CEO David Polak told Ynet: "We provide satellite communications internationally, but first and foremost we are an Israeli company, we are the only Israeli satellite operator, we operate these satellites at different point in the sky which are of importance to the State of Israel."
In 2016, a SpaceX rocket carrying the most-advanced Israeli communications satellite in history, Amos-6, exploded on the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, destroying the $200 million device just two days before it was scheduled to take off into space.
Then, SpaceX claimed that the explosion was caused by the failure of one of three helium tanks, known as composite overwrapped pressure vessels or COPVs, inside the liquid oxygen tank in the rocket’s second stage. The loose liquid oxygen triggered a fuel explosion.
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announced in 2018 the development and construction of a new Israeli-built communication satellite, Amos-8, which will be built and designed entirely in Israel by Israel Aerospace Industries.
Amos-8 will be the seventh in a series of Israeli communications satellites, with all but one developed by IAI. The first satellite, Amos-1, was launched in 1996, primarily for home television transmissions.
BY ALON EINHORN
JULY 28, 2019 13:13
2 minute read.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, scheduled to launch a U.S. Air Force navigation satellite, sits on Launch Complex 40 after the launch was postponed after an abort procedure was triggered by the onboard flight computer, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.. (photo credit: REUTERS/STEVE NESIUS)
Israeli satellite "Amos-17" is scheduled to be mounted on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and launched to space from Cape Canaveral, Florida next Sunday or Monday, Ynet reported.
The satellite is owned by the Israeli communication company Spacecom, built by Boeing and will be mounted on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Amos-17's objective would be to provide TV, cellular and internet services to Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
"Africa is a huge continent, it's the fastest growing continent," Spacecom officials said. "By the end of this century, Asia and Africa will be equal in terms of population, which means that in terms of the percentage of the young population, it will be the largest young population in the world, so there will be a demand for content. It's hard to reach some points on the ground there so a satellite solves that problem."
Spacecom CEO David Polak told Ynet: "We provide satellite communications internationally, but first and foremost we are an Israeli company, we are the only Israeli satellite operator, we operate these satellites at different point in the sky which are of importance to the State of Israel."
In 2016, a SpaceX rocket carrying the most-advanced Israeli communications satellite in history, Amos-6, exploded on the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, destroying the $200 million device just two days before it was scheduled to take off into space.
Then, SpaceX claimed that the explosion was caused by the failure of one of three helium tanks, known as composite overwrapped pressure vessels or COPVs, inside the liquid oxygen tank in the rocket’s second stage. The loose liquid oxygen triggered a fuel explosion.
Most Recent Videos from the Jerusalem Post
announced in 2018 the development and construction of a new Israeli-built communication satellite, Amos-8, which will be built and designed entirely in Israel by Israel Aerospace Industries.
Amos-8 will be the seventh in a series of Israeli communications satellites, with all but one developed by IAI. The first satellite, Amos-1, was launched in 1996, primarily for home television transmissions.
