The AMOS 1 satellite was solely an IAI project, with SpaceCom providing marketing and customer service. Construction began in 1992 and it was launched in 1996, providing communications services to Israeli and European customers. Although a technological success, the State Comptroller called it an economic failure. 

The AMOS-1 (8/9 transponders) communications satellite provides high quality broadcasting and communication services for the growing markets of Central Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Developed and manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries, in cooperation with DASA of Germany and Alcatel Espace of France, the AMOS-1 satellite was successfully launched in May 1996 and positioned at geostationary orbit at 4÷ West. Thanks to its unique features and capabilities, AMOS-1 is the ideal, state-of-the-art solution for satellite broadcasting services such as distribution of multiple digital TV channels to Cable Headends, Direct-To-Home and Business data transmissions for private and public networks using Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs).

AMOS-1, having wide bandwidth transponders operating in Ku frequency band, provides high EIRP of above 55 dBW at beam center and offers an excellent, cost-effective and reliable solution for broadcasting over 20 digital TV channels per transponder to Cable Headends, as well as Direct To Home television to very small dish antennas.

R.R. Satellite Communications Ltd. is broadcasting on a 24 hour base through AMOS-1 satellite for Israeli channel 1, 2, 33 and METV. We rent Space Segment on the AMOS-1 satellite for permanenet and ocasional use.
 

AMOS 2 represents the second generation of communications satellites built by Israel Aircraft Industries
(IAI). Its predecessor, AMOS 1, was launched in 1996. AMOS 2, which weighs 1.4 tons, will cover the entire Middle East and Europe, and will be able to transmit higher-powered broadcasts than the one-ton AMOS 1. The new satellite, like its predecessor, will be positioned 36,000 kilometers above the earth, and it will lie close to AMOS 1, so that the two can share a single space antenna.