Loaded satellites

Background of the explosion of the SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher with the Amos 6 satellite on it on September 1, 2016. Screenshot USLaunchReport.com video

The State Comptroller: Since 2008, the State of Israel has been caught up in a continuous crisis in the field of space, including in the field of communication satellites, which was caused, among other things, by the lack of a national policy

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Amos 8. Illustration courtesy of the aviation industry

Space Communications canceled the contract for the production of Amos 8 in the USA, and with a high probability of transferring it to the aviation industry

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Amos 7 was originally launched as AsiaSat 8, and after an explosion Amos 6 was leased by Space Communications. Source: SS/Loral.

Amos 7 will provide communication capabilities for the Israeli project to image a mission on Mars

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Simulation of the Amos 5 satellite. Source: Andrzej Olchawa, Wikimedia Commons.

It appears: Amos 8 will not be built in Israel - "the state is deliberately destroying the industry"

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Simulation of the Amos 5 satellite. Source: Andrzej Olchawa, Wikimedia Commons.

Over a year after the explosion of Amos 6 - there is still no agreed outline for the construction of Amos 8

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Falcon 9 launcher on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. Source: SpaceX.

SpaceX will launch the two future communication space satellites

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Director General of the Ministry of Science Peretz Wezan (left) presents to Minister of Science Ofir Akunis the conclusions of the committee established following the explosion of Amos 6 on December 18, 2016. Right: Director General of the Israel Space Agency Avi Blasberger. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Israeli investment in the field of civil space is the lowest in the world

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The Amos 4 satellite arrives at the Baikonur Space Center for its launch on August 31, 2013. Photo: Russian space agency Roscosmos

The Amos 4 satellite arrived in Baikonur (photo gallery) in preparation for the launch on August 31 (4 photos were added 29/8)

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