Amos (satellite)

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Model of Israeli Amos-5 satellite during "Semana de Espacio", in IFEMA, Madrid.
Country of origin	Israel
Operator	Spacecom
Production
Status	Active
Built	5 known
Launched	5
First launch	Amos-1, 16 May 1996
Last launch	Amos-4, 31 August 2013

Amos is a series of Israeli communications satellites. All Amos satellites are operated by Spacecom and are developed by its partner, Israel Aerospace Industries (except Amos 5 which was developed by JSC Reshetnev).

The six Amos satellites were launched using five different rockets, Soyuz, Zenit, Proton, Ariane and Falcon 9 from three different launch sites, Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Guiana Space Centre and Cape Canaveral in Florida.