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ASIASAT 8 (AMOS-7)
Commercial Communications (Multi-Region) · AsiaSat / AMOS
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A commercial satellite serving both the Asia-Pacific and Middle Eastern markets — the Israel Space Industries AMOS-7 payload was repurposed and renamed after a launch failure affecting its original operator. This unusual satellite demonstrates how commercial satellite capacity can change operators and missions during its lifetime, with the same physical hardware serving completely different commercial requirements for different customers across its operational life.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,238–22,246 mi (35,788–35,802 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 40107
- Int’l designator
- 2014-046A
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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