Intelsat 23

• Two 16 -for -12 TWTA ( C-band )

• 36, 41, 72 and 77 MHz ( C-band )

• > 31.7 dBW ( C-band )

Intelsat 23 is a commercial communications satellite, the satellite operator Intelsat, based in Washington, DC.

He was taken on October 14, 2012 at 10.37 CEST clock with a Proton-M/Bris-M-Trägerrakete from the launch site 81/24 in the Kazakh Baikonur in geostationary orbit and will replace Intelsat 707. After a little over 9 minutes and 41 seconds of flight time, the upper stage with the satellite separated from the rocket and this stopped after 9 hours and 30 minutes in the intended position.

The three -axis stabilized satellite with 15 Ku-band and 24 C- band transponders and two 2,5 x2, fitted 7 m and a 1,3 x1, 65 m large antennae and to the position 53 ° West from Africa, Western Europe, the provide Caribbean, certain islands in the Atlantic and Pacific, as well as in North and South America, with a wide range of communications services. It was built on the basis of GEOSTAR -2 satellite bus Orbital Sciences Corporation ( OSC) and has a design life of 15 years.