Geostationary
AMOS-17
Sub-Saharan African Ka-band Broadband · Spacecom / Israel
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An Israeli satellite at 17°E providing Ka-band high-throughput broadband specifically for sub-Saharan Africa. AMOS-17 targets Africa's rapidly growing internet market with multi-gigabit capacity that can provide residential broadband to a continent where fewer than 30% of the population has internet access. The satellite has become a primary platform for African ISPs serving schools, hospitals, and homes in East and Central Africa — Israel's commercial satellite as African connectivity infrastructure.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,237–22,247 mi (35,788–35,802 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 44479
- Int’l designator
- 2019-050A
- Launched
- 2019
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.