The deal, announced 24 August 2016, was pending the successful entry into service of AMOS-6 after the launch. On 1 September 2016, two days before the scheduled launch date, the satellite was destroyed during the run-up to a static fire test of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
A deal, announced on August 24, 2016, was contingent upon the successful deployment of AMOS-6. However, on September 1, 2016, two days prior to the scheduled launch date, the satellite was destroyed during a pre-launch test for the Falcon 9 rocket.