Satellite · Communications · United States
Telstar 1
Operated by AT&T / Bell Labs.
SatellitesRetiredLaunched 1962
Imagery
View of the SBS-4 communications satellite in orbit above the earth
41D-39-068 (1 Sept 1984) --- Quickly moving away from the Space Shuttle Discovery is the Telstar 3 communications satellite, deployed September 1, 1984.
1984
NASA/Johnson · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
The first active communications satellite, which relayed the first transatlantic television signals in 1962.
Knowledge connections
Sources
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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