Amos 3 at 4° W
also known as Amos 60
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 4° WChannel line-up at 4° W | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 32794
- COSPAR number
- 2008-022A
- Operator
- Spacecom Satellite Communications
- Manufacturer
- Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)
- Model
- Amos Bus
- Launch
- 28 Apr 2008 from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Zenit 3SLB
- Launch mass
- 1263 kg
- Dry mass
- 837 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 17 yrs
- Beacon
- 11449.0, 11700.0
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- Ku-band Europe Horizontal pol. Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Europe Vertical pol. Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Middle East Horizontal pol. Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Middle East Vertical pol. Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band US Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ka-band Fixed Beam (Ka band) View footprint
About Amos 3
12 Ku-band and 2 Ka-band transponders to cover the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and parts of the Americas.