| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Intelsat 23 |
| Country of Operator/Owner | USA |
| Operator/Owner | Intelsat, Ltd. |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 307 |
| Perigee (km) | 35781 |
| Apogee (km) | 35797 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000189757821580208 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.03 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.21 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 3200 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 1503 |
| Power (watts) | |
| Date of Launch | 14-10-2012 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15-18 yrs. |
| Contractor | Orbital Sciences Corp. |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| Launch Vehicle | Proton/M |
| COSPAR Number | 2012-057A |
| NORAD Number | 38867 |
| Comments | 15 Ku-band, 24 C-band. Americas, Caribbean, Western Europe, Africa. |