 It was launched on May 16, 1996 from Kourou in French Guiana, aboard an Ariane 4 rocket flying in the 44L configuration, which launched together with Indonesian Palapa C-2 satellite using Ariane 4's SPELDA system that can launched two satellites stacked on top of another.It was used for home TV services (DTH/DBS by "Yes" company in Israel and by HBO and others in Europe).Spacecom succeeded quickly to fill all transmission abilities of Amos-1 and accumulated additional requests.