SpaceX launches Falcon 9 loaded with Israel's AMOS-17
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24th Apr, 2020
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- US carrier rocket Falcon 9 loaded with Israeli AMOS-17 communication satellite successfully lifted off from a space center in Florida.
- Falcon 9 launches AMOS-17 off Pad 40 in Florida, marking this booster's third flight and SpaceX's 25th reflight of an orbit class rocket.
- The rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
- Amos-17 is set to replace Amos-5 satellite launched in 2011.Communication with Amos-5 was lost in 2015.
- Amos-17, built by Boeing, will provide Ka, Ku and C-band signal transmission and expand Israeli communications satellite operator Spacecom's coverage in Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
