Spacecom, the AMOS satellites operator, announced in December 2016 that it has signed a US$161 million contract with Boeing to build AMOS-17, which is to replace the failed AMOS-5 satellite.

It features a Ka-band, Ku-band anc C-band communications payload.

It was built on the BSS-702MP satellite bus, transmitting in the Ka-band, Ku-band, and C-bands.

It is a replacement for AMOS-5 and provides coverage over the continent of Africa, Europe and Middle East.

[2] The mass of the payload was too large to allow the booster to be recovered for reuse, so the customer paid for an "expended" launch.