Amos 6

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General

Designation	n/a
Launch date	destroyed on launch pad on 1 Sep 2016
Country of origin	Israel
Mission	Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	4°W
Launch vehicle	Falcon 9
Launch site	Cape Canaveral

Satellite worth $196 million

The satellite was destroyed on the launch pad when the rocket exploded.

Was to replace Amos 2 and to provide internet connectivity for African and Asian markets. Entire Ka-band capacity was contracted by Eutelsat and Facebook during 5 years, for $95 million. Only 18 Ka-band transponders were to be usable simultaneously at full power.
Additionnaly IAI was ordered to pay $10 million to Spacecom for late delivery of the spacecraft.

Technical data

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EIRP coverage (dBW)

Ku-band: PAN European
Ku-band: Central Eastern Europe
Ku-band: Middle East

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Specifications

Prime contractor	IAI
Platform	Amos-4000
Mass at launch	5400 kg
Dry mass
Dimension
Solar array	(ATK built)
Stabilization
DC power	10 kW
Design lifetime	16 years

Payload provided by MDA (worth $87 million)

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Ku-band

Main transponders	39
Backup transponders
Power
Bandwidth
Coverage	3 beams: Middle-East Central-East Europe Pan-Europe
EIRP max
G/T max
Polarization

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Ka-band

Main transponders	24
Backup transponders
Power
Bandwidth
Coverage	Sub-Sahara Africa and part of Europe
EIRP max
Polarization
Frequencies	Uplink: Downlink:

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