Amos 5
| Amos 5 | |
|---|---|
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| Start date | December 11, 2011, 11:17 UTC |
| Launcher | Proton-M |
| Launch site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2011-074A |
| Takeoff mass | 1.59 t |
| Manufacturer | Iss Reshetnev |
| Satellite bus | Express 1000H |
| operator | Space Communication Ltd |
| Playback information | |
| Transponder | 16 Ku-band and 18 C-band |
| Bandwidth | 14x72 MHz + 4x36 MHz (C-band) 18x72 MHz (Ku-band) |
| EIRP | 45.5 dBW (C-band) 52.5 dBW (Ku-band) |
| Others | |
| Electrical power | 5.6 kW |
| Power storage | Lithium-ion batteries |
| position | |
| Actual position | 17 ° East |
| List of geostationary satellites | |
Amos 5 is a commercial communications satellite of the Israeli company Space Communication Ltd . The communication with Amos 5 broke off on November 21, 2015 for an unknown cause. The total loss of the satellite has been suspected since November 22, 2015.
Amos 5 was brought into geostationary orbit from the Baikonur rocket launch site (together with Lutsch 5A ) on December 11, 2011 at 12:17 p.m. CET with a Proton-M / Bris-M launcher .
The three-axis stabilized satellite with 16 Ku-band - of Thales delivered and 18 Alenia Space C-band - transponders and three Ku-band antennas and a C-band antenna equipped. Together with the satellites Amos 2 and Amos 3, which are jointly positioned at 4 ° West, it will provide television and radio programs as well as telecommunications services from 17 ° East to Africa and parts of Europe for 15 years. Unlike the previous satellites, Amos 5 was built by the Russian manufacturer ISS Reshetnev . The contract was signed on July 30, 2008 in Tel Aviv. It is based on the Express 1000H satellite bus and cost $ 157 million.
Web links
- Press release on the launch of Amos-5 on the manufacturer's website, December 12, 2011
- Amos-5 ( Memento of March 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on the operator website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ amos-spacecom: Technical Profile AMOS 5 ( Memento from September 4, 2012 on WebCite ) (PDF; 1.8 MB)
- ↑ a b iss-reshetnev: The contract on AMOS 5 satellite system delivery has come into force ( Memento of December 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Contact Lost With Israeli Communication Satellite Amos 5. Haaretz, November 21, 2015
- ↑ Spacecom plunges after losing contact with Amos 5 satellite. Globes, November 22, 2015
- ^ Israeli satellite Amos 5 goes incommunicado. Israel Hayom, November 22, 2015 ( Memento from November 22, 2015 in the web archive archive.today )
- ^ A b Günther Glatzel: Lutsch 5A and Amos 5 in space. raumfahrer.net, December 12, 2011, accessed on January 16, 2012 .
- ↑ iss-reshetnev: Communications on a global Scale ( Memento from January 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 3.2 MB)
- ^ Israel's Amos-5 high-capacity satellite to be built in Krasnoyarsk Region. Marchmont, accessed December 12, 2011 .