| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Echostar 9/Galaxy 23 (G-23, Intelsat 1A-13, Telstar 13) |
| Country of Operator/Owner | USA |
| Operator/Owner | Echostar Technologies, LLC/Intelsat |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | -121.02 |
| Perigee (km) | 35775 |
| Apogee (km) | 35797 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000260935572634975 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.01 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.08 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 4000 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 2500 |
| Power (watts) | |
| Date of Launch | 08-08-2003 |
| Expected Lifetime | 13 yrs. |
| Contractor | Space Systems/Loral |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Sea Launch |
| Launch Vehicle | Zenit 3SL |
| COSPAR Number | 2003-034A |
| NORAD Number | 27854 |
| Comments | 24 C-band, 2 Ka-band, 32 Ku-band; additional C-band payload owned and operated by Loral Skynet. |