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RE: AMOS-5 satellite

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Spacecom (Space-Communication Ltd.), operator of the AMOS-2 and AMOS-3 satellites co-located at 4°W and the newly launched AMOS-5 to be located at 17°E, provides high- quality broadcast and communications services in Europe, the Middle East, the U.S. East Coast and Africa to direct-to-home (DTH) and direct broadcast satellite (DBS) operators, ISPs, telecom operators, network integrators and government agencies.
With AMOS-5's launch, Spacecom will deliver high-power C-band and Ku-band capacity to the entire African continent with connectivity to Europe and the Middle East.
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Russia launches two telecom satellites

Russia Sunday launched two telecommunications satellites --Luch-5A and Amos-5 -- from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan.
A Proton-M carrier rocket with two telecommunications satellites onboard blasted off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan, said a spokesman of Russia's space agency Roscosmos.
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Dec. 11, 1117 UTC / 6:17am EST / 20:17 JST- Proton Briz-M carrying Luch-5A & Amos-5 com.sats

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A Proton rocket with a Breeze-M upper stage is scheduled to launch the Amos 5 satellite, and Luch 5A satellite, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 11:17 GMT, 11th December, 2011.

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Scheduled to begin service in 2011 at 17°E - a new orbital slot over Africa - the AMOS-5 satellite will position Spacecom at the forefront of Africa's emerging satellite services market.
Once in orbit, the AMOS-5 satellite will feature a fixed pan-African C-band beam and three steerable Ku-band beams - all covering Africa with connectivity to Europe and the Middle East and supporting multiple transponders in both C-band and Ku-band.
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Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Space Communication Ltd. (Spacecom) of Ramat-Gan Israel, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, have signed an agreement for launch of a communication satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 as early as December 2012. Falcon 9 will insert the satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO), adding to Spacecoms existing satellite fleet. Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) is also involved in the transaction.
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