Artistic rendition of the AMOS-6 satellite, courtesy of IAI

...ATK for the AMOS-6 commercial telecommunications satellite planned for launch in early 2015. Solar panels populated with EMCORE's most advanced ZTJ triple-junction solar cells will power the AMOS-6 spacecraft manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).

AMOS-6, operated by Spacecom, is to be co-located at the 4 degrees West orbital position with AMOS-2 and AMOS-3 and will provide steerable Ku-band with Pan-European and Middle East coverage, and a Ka-band beam for broadband services in Africa and Europe. The AMOS satellite fleet, starting with the AMOS-1 in 1996, provides broadcasting and communications services to DTH television operators, TV broadcasters and programmers, government and corporate organizations, and VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) network operators.