Amos-5

Spacecom confirms loss of Amos 5 satellite

Israel-based satellite operator Spacecom has confirmed the loss of its Amos-5 satellite at 17° East, according to local press. Spacecom reported last month that it had lost contact with Amos-5 and that it was working to re-establish communication with the spacecraft, but that it did not have further information about the cause of the anomaly. Despite […]

Spacecom’s Amos-5 satellite still lost in space

Spacecom is still trying to re-establish contact with Amos-5 after losing “all communications and signals” with the satellite over the weekend. A spokesperson for the company said that as of yesterday afternoon connection has not been re-established and that “neither Spacecom nor its partners have found an explanation for the outage.” “They have pored over […]

Spacecom loses contact with Amos-5

Satellite operator Spacecom has lost “all communications and signals” from its Amos-5 satellite at the 17°E orbital position, it announced over the weekend. The company said that the failure happened on Saturday and that it was working to re-establish communication with the satellite, but that it did not have further information about the cause of […]

Senegal’s Excaf Telecom selects Spacecom, HTTV, Conax for national DTT

Excaf Telecom has selected Spacecom’s Amos-5 satellite at 17° East to implement Senegal’s national DTT Project. Spacecom won the long term contract to digitise Senegal’s broadcast services, as Excaf Telecom aims to create West Africa’s first digital terrestrial network. Excaf will download its broadcast signals from the AMOS-5 Ku-beam to multiple points of distribution. From […]