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

Chalal Communications fears the consequences of possible competition from the aerospace industry

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The satellite is loaded 6 with tests in the aviation industry before its transfer to the launch which ended in its destruction. Photo: Communication space relations

Amos 8 will not be built in the aviation industry. Chalal Communications signed an agreement to purchase it from L'Oreal

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Chairman of the Finance Committee MK Moshe Gafni, and Minister of Science and Technology Ofir Akunis. Source: Knesset spokeswoman, Yitzhak Harari

The Finance Committee demands an additional budget for the Ministry of Science and Technology

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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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Minister of Science Ofir Akunis and CEO of his office Peretz Vezan at the Knesset Science Committee meeting, 10/7/17. PR photo

Mabat Halal director: A foreign company will build Amos 8

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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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