After delay, Amos-17 satellite set for Tuesday night launch
SpaceX will reattempt to launch Israeli communication satellite Amos-17 into circuit from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Tuesday dusk (early Wednesday, Israel time).
Communication association Spacecom, a Ramat Gan-based user of a AMOS or “Affordable Modular Optimized Satellite” series, told a Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on Monday that a launch had been rescheduled for late Tuesday, tentative final authorizations.
The satellite launch was primarily scheduled for Sunday dusk (local time), though deferred after a suspected engine error was identified in SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
“As told by launch association SpaceX after an additional exam of a launch site was successfully executed, a launch of a Amos-17 satellite has been scheduled for a early morning (Israel time) of Aug 7, 2019, theme to final capitulation from launch site authorities,” a association said.
Once operational, Spacecom says Amos-17 will be a many modernized high-throughput satellite to yield communication services to Africa. The satellite also offers coverage for flourishing satellite use markets in a Middle East and Europe.
“Static glow exam of Falcon 9 complete,” SpaceX tweeted on Sunday. “[The] group is now operative toward Aug 6 for launch of AMOS-17 from Pad 40 in Florida, tentative Range availability.”
The reusable Falcon 9 launch vehicle, designed and made by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is a two-stage rocket for a ride of satellites and other blurb payloads into orbit. A customary launch is labelled during $62 million.
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