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Class: Communications. Nation: Israel. Agency: IAI. Manufacturer: AMOS. 7 Ku-band transponders. Israeli indigenous communications satellite program.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 996 kg.
AMOS Chronology
16 May 1996
AMOS Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44L. Mass: 996 kg. Perigee: 35,770 km. Apogee: 35,802 km. Inclination: 0.0 deg. 7 Ku-band transponders Geostationary at 4.1W.
Bibliography:- 4 - McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Report (Internet Newsletter), Harvard University, Weekly, 1989 to Present. HTML when accessed: ftp://sao-ftp.harvard.edu/pub/jcm/space/news
- 6 - JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html
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