AMOS-3 (AMOS-60)

Organisation	Spacecom
Major contractors	IAI, Thales Alenia Space
Mission type	Communication
Launch date	28 April 2008 05:00 UTC
Carrier rocket	Zenit-3SLB
Mission duration	18 years (planned)
Orbital elements
Regime	GSO

AMOS-3, also known as AMOS-60 is an Israeli communications satellite operated by Spacecom. The satellite is powered by twin solar panels, and is based on the Israeli AMOS bus. It will replace AMOS-1 in geosynchronous orbit at 4°W. AMOS-3 carries fifteen Ku/Ka-band transponders, and is expected to have an on-orbit lifetime of 18 years.

It was launched atop the maiden flight of the Zenit-3SLB rocket, the first launch contracted by the Land Launch organisation.

The launch was originally scheduled to occur in 2007, and later March 2008, however this was delayed until 24 April 2008. The launch attempt on 24 April 2008 was scrubbed for "technical reasons".^[1] This was later determined to be a problem with the errector/transporter system, which had failed to retract and move away from the rocket.

Amos 3 was lifted-off from LC-45/1 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 08:00 UTC on 28 April 2008.^[2]

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[edit] See also

• AMOS 1
• AMOS 2
• Amos (satellite)

[edit] References

• Gunter Krebs (2008-04-09). "Amos 3 (Amos 60)" (in English). Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_sdat/amos-1.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-09. 

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