Tag: telstar
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Telstar Sat Launched 50 Years Ago!
History is about to be made – as old newsreel begins, and possibly, played before the main feature at local movie theaters of era. Telstar launched July 10, 1962 – 50 years ago – from Cape Canaveral! The first communications satellite to relay TV signals across the Atlantic ocean, President John F Kennedy comments on…
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what happened to telstar?
Whatever happened to Telstar? The first communications satellite (COMSAT) to relay television signals launched from Cape Canaveral on July 10, 1962. A video of the launch can be viewed here. Telstar’s Wikipedia entry reveals the COMSAT was a victim of the cold war. “The day before Telstar 1 was launched, the United States had tested…