Telstar 1
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communications satellite launched by NASA on July 10, 1962
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Vinony's link graph records 91 inbound references to Telstar 1, and connects out to Environmental Research Satellite, telecommunications link and Earth.
Vinony files it under 1962 in the United States, Derelict satellites orbiting Earth and Spacecraft launched in 1962.
Vinony links it to 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Operator
- AT&T / NASA
- Cospar id
- 1962-029A
- Mission duration
- 63 years, 10 months, 30 days (in orbit)
- Manufacturer
- Bell Labs
- Launch mass
- 171 pounds (78 kg)
- Launch date
- 08:35, 10 July 1962 (UTC) ( 1962-07-10T08:35:00Z )
- Rocket
- Thor-Delta
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral LC-17B
- Deactivated
- 21 February 1963
- Reference system
- Geocentric
- Regime
- Medium Earth
- Perigee altitude
- 952 kilometers (592 mi)
- Apogee altitude
- 5,933 kilometers (3,687 mi)
- Inclination
- 44.8°
- Period
- 2 hours and 37 minutes
- Epoch
- 1962-07-10 08:35:00 UTC
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Telstar 1 replica.jpg
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1962-07-10
- Commons category
- Telstar 1
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Encyclopedic overview
Universal newsreel about Telstar 1
Telstar 1 is a defunct communications satellite launched by NASA on 10 July 1962. One of the earliest communications satellites, it was the first telecommunications satellite, achieving live transmission of broadcast television images between the United States and Europe. Telstar 1 remained active for only 7 months before it prematurely failed due to Starfish Prime, a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States. Although the satellite is no longer operational, it remains in Earth orbit.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Telstar 1” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.