| Names | Affordable Modular Optimized Satellite-17 |
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| Mission type | Communications |
| Operator | Spacecom Satellite Communications |
| COSPAR ID | 2019-050A  |
| SATCAT no. | 44479 |
| Website | https://www.amos-spacecom.com |
| Mission duration | 20 years (planned) 4 years, 11 months and 6 days (in progress) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | AMOS-17 |
| Spacecraft type | Boeing 702MP |
| Bus | BSS-702MP |
| Manufacturer | Boeing Satellite Development Center |
| Launch mass | 6,500 kg (14,300 lb) |
| Dimensions | Span: 35 m (115 ft) on orbit |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 6 August 2019, 23:23:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, SLC-40 |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| Entered service | October 2019 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Geostationary orbit |
| Longitude | 17° East |
| Transponders | |
| Band | C-band, Ku-band, Ka-band |
| Coverage area | Israel, Africa, Europe, Middle East |
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AMOS-17 is an Israeli commercial communications satellite, part of the AMOS series of satellites.
Spacecom, the AMOS satellites operator, announced in December 2016 that it has signed a US$161 million contract with Boeing to build AMOS-17, which is to replace the failed AMOS-5 satellite.[1]
AMOS-17 is a multi-band high-throughput satellite. It features a Ka-band, Ku-band anc C-band communications payload. It was built on the BSS-702MP satellite bus, transmitting in the Ka-band, Ku-band, and C-bands. It is a replacement for AMOS-5 and provides coverage over the continent of Africa, Europe and Middle East.[1]
It was launched on 6 August 2019, at 23:23:00 UTC by a Falcon 9 launch vehicle, from Cape Canaveral, SLC-40, Florida.[2] The mass of the payload was too large to allow the booster to be recovered for reuse, so the customer paid for an "expended" launch.
The satellite was reportedly aimed to be located at 17° East longitude[3][4][5] but, early November 2019, it was at 14° East where it has been since 19 August 2019. The satellite recovered its destination to 17° East again meanwhile.
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