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The launch of AMOS 2 (Affordable Modular Optimised Satellite), originally planned on an Ariane launcher, was performed by the Soyuz vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 27 December 2003. This switch illustrates the launcher family policy developed by Arianespace and Starsem to best respond to their clients’ needs. Arianespace launched Israel’s first telecommunications satellite, AMOS 1, in 1996. The AMOS 2 mission will mark the 12th flight performed by Starsem, which has been responsible for Soyuz commercialisation and operation on the international marketplace since 1996. Starsem’s shareholders are Arianespace, EADS Astrium, the Russian Aviation & Space Agency and the Samara Space Center. The AMOS 2 satellite is co-located with AMOS 1 at 4° West and provides additional high-powered capacity over Europe, the Middle East and the east coast of the USA. The 1.37 tonne AMOS 2 satellite was designed and built by the MBT- Space Division of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and is equipped with twenty eight 36 Mhz Ku-Band high power channels. The satellite state of the art design enables high operational flexibility in allocation of the transponders capacity between its three coverage areas. MBT Space Division is the Israeli national space center with 20 years experience. It’s main products are observation and communication satellites and their associated Ground Control Stations. Operated by Spacecom, the AMOS 2 satellite provides transponder capacity to DBS service providers, cable TV companies and content providers as well as Internet and data transmissions for regional ISPs, VSAT networks and various organisations. Spacecom Ltd is the marketing and service provider of the AMOS 1 and AMOS 2 satellites. Spacecom is a joint venture of Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd. (IAI), Eurocom Group, General Satellite Services Co. (GSSC), and Mer Services Group Ltd.
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