Telstar Satellite Brings World Closer 1962/7/12

Telstar Brings World Closer.
Telstar satellite, 170 lbs, receives signal from Andover Maine, retransmit to Cornwall in Europe, launched on Delta rocket for ATT at cost of $50 million, pictures of ground station (either Maine or Cornwall), 1st TV pictures of dome at Andover transmitted (partial newsreel)

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News & Politics

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• Telstar
• satellite
• Delta
• rocket

[flashfast2000]

Man do I ever wish for those glory days again when the media cared about this countries achievements and acted as though it stood for something positive and worthwhile. Americans must have felt very proud of themselves.

[softnfurryone]

Telstar 1 is still in orbit but stopped functioning in 1963

[kjchicago1]

@flashfast2000 But you don't see that anymore! The media now cares about sports, entertainment & the like! I sure wish we could go back to those days when the media cared about real news!

[JeffreysShop]

Andover!! The "Bubble" was torn down long before I was born though.

[flashfast2000]

@pieguyfry22 Exactly!

[pieguyfry22]

@flashfast2000 nowadays, people just yell things such as "NO YOU COMMUNIST SOCIALIST EVIL DICTATOR REPTILIAN OVERLORDS" and "YOU STUPID IGNORANT DEMOCRATIC NAZI GO BACK TO MOTHER RUSSIA" until the US just decides to drop the project altogether. then they try again in secret. and the whole yelling process starts over.

[kennerfreak7]

wow your dad was lucky

[Rcrby525]

@peugteobike floating around the planet taking up space, it's orbit won't deacay for another decade or so, it's at a very very low orbit

[peugteobike]

Where's this satellite now? does it is put to use?

[DgenerationX12345]

No, But Telstar Is Still In Orbit Today.