Intelsat 23 at 53° W
also known as IS-23
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 53° WChannel line-up at 53° W | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 38867
- COSPAR number
- 2012-057A
- Operator
- Intelsat
- Manufacturer
- Northrop Grumman
- Model
- GEOStar-2
- Launch
- 14 Oct 2012 from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Proton M
- Launch mass
- 2681 kg
- Dry mass
- 1503 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15 yrs.
- Callsign
- S2831
- Beacon
- 3947.5 RHCP, 3948.0 RHCP, 3952H, 3952.0 RHCP, 3952.5 RHCP, 11700 RHCP
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- C-band East Hemi Beam (C band) View footprint
- C-band Global beam (C band) View footprint
- C-band West Hemi beam (C band) View footprint
- Ku-band North Latin America beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band South Latin America beams (Ku band) View footprint
About Intelsat 23
24 C-band transponders, 15 Ku-band transponders to provide communications services for the Americas, Europe and Africa.