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Telstar - Wikipedia Telstar refers to a series of communications satellites The first two, Telstar 1 and Telstar 2, were experimental and nearly identical Telstar 1 launched atop of a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10, 1962, successfully relayed the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph images through space
Telstar - National Air and Space Museum Telstar, launched in 1962, was the first active communications satellite: it received microwave signals from ground stations and retransmitted them across vast distances back to Earth
Telstar Opened Era of Global Satellite Television - NASA Telstar 1 was the first satellite capable of relaying television signals from Europe to North America The 171-pound, 34 5-inch sphere loaded with transistors and covered with solar panels was placed in orbit by a Delta rocket launched from Cape Canaveral on July 10, 1962
Mission Monday: Five fast facts about Telstar, the worlds . . . 58 years ago this week, NASA launched Telstar, the world’s first active communications satellite, into low-Earth orbit The feat captured imaginations around the globe and sparked a new age of instant worldwide communications