Spacecom's AMOS-4 Communication
Satellite To Be Launched by
Space International Services (SIS)
19 March 2013
Spacecom operator of the AMOS
satellite fleet,
announced that Israel Aerospace
Industries (IAI) has selected Space
International Services, Ltd. (SIS)
to launch the AMOS-4 commercial
satellite. The launch is scheduled
to take place in 2013 from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
AMOS-4 will offer customers
Direct-To-Home (DTH), video
distribution, VSAT communications,
and broadband Internet services with
multiple Ku- and Ka-band
transponders. Once the
satellite is launched, Spacecom will
reach a large portion of the world's
population, positioning the company
as a near-global satellite services
provider.
"AMOS-4
will expand and deepen our
brand
penetration
into new regions.
With new capabilities and enhanced
technologies, the satellite will
bring us into Russia’s and Asia's
growing markets, and propel Spacecom
to the forefront of emerging
near-global satellite operators,”
said
Spacecom president and CEO David
Pollack. “We
are excited to be working once again
with our partners at SIS and IAI,
and are looking forward to the
scheduled launch and commencement of
commercial activities."
AMOS-4 will be the second AMOS
satellite launched by SIS on its
Zenit-3SLB launch vehicle. AMOS-3
was launched to its 4º
