Amos 2

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General

Designation	28132 / 03058A
Launch date	27 Dec 2003
Country of origin	Israel
Mission	Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	4°W
Launch vehicle	Soyuz (ST12)
Launch site	Tyuratam

Launch originally planned on Ariane but it couldn't wait till a launch slot was available. It was therefore transfered on Soyuz-Fregat.

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Location

Begin	End	Position
L: Jan 2004	Oct 2016	4°W
Oct 2016	Apr 2017	4°W, inclined

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End of life

Out of service	April 2017
Cause	Sent to junk orbit

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Lyngsat transponder loading

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EIRP coverage (dBW)

Central Europe & Middle East
US

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Specifications

Prime contractor	Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)
Platform	AMOS
Mass at launch	1370 kg
Dry mass	646 kg
Dimension	2.7 x 2.06 x 2.38 m
Solar array	11.03 m
Stabilization	3-axis
DC power	EOL: 1900 W
Design lifetime	12 years

Payload built by Alenia Spazio.

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Ku-band (10.95 - 11.2 & 11.45 - 11.7 GHz)

Main transponders	11
Backup transponders	3
Power	75 W
Bandwidth	72 MHz
Coverage & EIRP max	Central Europe: 57 dBW Middle East: 57 dBW US: 52 dBW
G/T max	Europe: 14.5 dB/K Middle East: 15 dB/K US: 9 dB/K
Polarization	linear H/V crossed

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Ku-band Uplink transponder frequency chart from US (GHz)

Vertical Uplink	Transponder	Horizontal Uplink	Downlink beam
	111/122	13.75-14.0	Middle East (11) or Central Europe(21)
	112/123	13.75-14.0	Middle East (12) or Central Europe(22)
	113/123	13.75-14.0	Middle East (13) or Central Europe (23)
	117	14.15-14.25	Middle East (17)
	118	14.15-14.25	Middle East (18)
	119/125	14.25-14.5	Middle East (19) or Central Europe (25)
	120/126	14.25-14.5	Middle East (20) or Central Europe (26)
	121/127	14.25-14.5	Middle East (21) or Central Europe (27)

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Ku-band Uplink transponder frequency chart from Europe (GHz)

Vertical Uplink	Transponder	Horizontal Uplink	Downlink beam
13.0-13.25	22		Central Europe
13.0-13.25	23		Central Europe
13.0-13.25	24		Central Europe
13.75-14.0	25		Central Europe
13.75-14.0	26		Central Europe
13.75-14.0	27		Central Europe

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Ku-band Uplink transponder frequency chart from Middle East (GHz)

Vertical Uplink	Transponder	Horizontal Uplink	Downlink beam
	11	13.0-13.25	Middle East
	12	13.0-13.25	Middle East
	13	13.0-13.25	Middle East
	16	13.75-14.0	Middle East
	17	13.75-14.0	Middle East
	18	13.75-14.0	Middle East
14.0-14.25	14'	14.0-14.25	Middle East (dual polarization)
14.0-14.25	15'	14.0-14.25	Middle East (dual polarization)
14.25-14.5	19		Middle East or US
14.25-14.5	20		Middle East or US
14.25-14.5	21		Middle East or US

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Ku-band Downlink transponder frequency chart to US (GHz)

Vertical Downlink	Transponder	Horizontal Downlink	Uplink from
	28	11.45-11.7	19
	29	11.45-11.7	20
	30	11.45-11.7	21

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Ku-band Downlink transponder frequency chart to Europe (GHz)

Vertical Downlink	Transponder	Horizontal Downlink	Uplink from
	22	10.7-10.95	22 or 122
	23	10.7-10.95	23 or 123
	24	10.7-10.95	24 or 124
	25	11.45-11.7	25 or 125
	26	11.45-11.7	26 or 126
	27	11.45-11.7	27 or 127

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Ku-band Downlink transponder frequency chart to Middle East (GHz)

Vertical Downlink	Transponder	Horizontal Downlink	Uplink from
10.7-10.95	11		11 or 111
10.7-10.95	12		12 or 112
10.7-10.95	13		13 or 113
10.95-11.2	14'	10.95-11.2	14' (dual polarisation)
10.95-11.2	15'	10.95-11.2	15' (dual polarisation)
11.2-11.45	16		16
11.2-11.45	17		17 or 117
11.2-11.45	18		18 or 118
	19	11.45-11.7	19 or 119
	20	11.45-11.7	20 or 120
	21	11.45-11.7	21 or 121

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