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Amos 8. Illustration courtesy of the aviation industry

Who will operate the Amos 8 satellite that the government decided to finance on Sunday this week (2/9/18)?

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The Amos 6 communications satellite - during a system test in the aerospace industry before it was launched, and its explosion on the launcher about two days before the planned launch. Photograph of the Aerospace Industry PR

After the communication space announcement of the purchase of Amos 8 from L'Oreal, IAA will build a communication satellite and market it itself

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Prof. Yitzhak Ben Israel. PR photo

2017 in space: the chairman of the space agency is optimistic about the communication satellite program and the SpaceIL project

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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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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

Director General of the Ministry of Science Peretz Vezan: The satellite operator must be Israeli owned

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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

Minister of Science Akunis: "The Aerospace Industry will produce one satellite every four years"

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The moment of the explosion of the Falcon 9 launcher with the Amos 6 satellite on it on September 1. Screenshot from YouTube

Elon Musk: The failure in Falcon 9 is unprecedented; Looking forward to returning to activity in mid-December

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The moment of the explosion of the Falcon 9 launcher with the Amos 6 satellite on it on September 1. Screenshot from YouTube

Elon Musk: The fireball that hit the SpaceX launcher revealed a complex failure

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A Falcon 9 launcher explosion on September 1, 2016 at the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, which serves as a space launch station alongside the nearby Kennedy Space Center. Photo from the base's security cameras.

Communication Space: Losing Amos 6 has a material impact on society; Facebook: We will have to do without satellite for now

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Testing antennas on the Amos 6 satellite at the aerospace industry facilities

The Aerospace Industry: We will be at the disposal of a communications space company * We hope that the state will act for the preservation of knowledge

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An explosion from SpaceX's Falcon 9 launcher on the launch pad in Florida with the satellite loaded 6. Screenshot from RT

SpaceX first response: the explosion of the Falcon 9 and Amos 6 happened due to an anomaly in the launch pad, and not in the rocket itself

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Explosion at the SpaceX launch pad at Cape Canaveral. Photo: NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Explosion at the SPACEX launch pad at Cape Canaveral * Prof. Ben Israel: the Amos 6 satellite was destroyed

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Testing antennas on the Amos 6 satellite at the aerospace industry facilities

Space Communications is sold to the Chinese Xinwei Group just days before the Amos 6 launch

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Simulation of the loaded satellite E. Note the nozzles of the propulsion system in the lower part of the satellite. Illustration: The Aerospace Industry

Announcement from the space conference: IAI is developing "Amos E": a lightweight and small communications satellite at a competitive price and with high performance

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Ofer Doron, CEO of Mabat-Challel at the 2015th Cyber ​​Conference, January XNUMX at Tel Aviv University. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Facebook's communication space deal indicates the ability to manufacture satellites in Israel - but it is still in danger of being closed

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A model of the Amos 6 satellite. Image: Israel Aerospace Industries

Facebook bought the entire capacity of the Internet transmitters of the Amos 6 satellite for 100 mXNUMX to provide free Internet to the people of Africa

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From a booklet issued by the Space Company in 2003 for the launch of Amos 2

Space-Communication ordered the Amos 6 satellite from the aerospace industry

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The Amos 5 satellite during its construction at a factory in Russia. Photo: Roscosmos, June 2012.

Chalal Communications is purchasing the satellite from IAI for approximately 200 million dollars

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