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TELSTAR 1 The First Satellite to Relay Signals from Earth to Satellite and Back
July 10, 1962
On June 10, 1962 a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral launched the AT&T TELSTAR 1
satellite, designed and built at Bell Labs. It was the first privately owned
active communications satellite, and the first satellite to relay signals from
the earth to a satellite and back.
"Belonging to AT&T, the original Telstar was part of a multi-national
agreement between AT&T (US), Bell Telephone Laboratories (US), NASA (US),
GP(UK) and the National PTT (France) to develop experimental satellite
communications over the Atlantic Ocean. Bell Labs held a contract
with NASA, reimbursing the agency three million pounds for each launch,
independent of success. The US ground station was Andover Earth Station in
Andover, Maine, built by Bell Labs. The main British ground station was at
Goonhilly Downs in southwestern England. This was used by the BBC, the
international coordinator. The standards 525/405 conversion equipment
(filling a large room) was researched and developed by the BBC and located in
the BBC Television Centre, London. The French ground station was at
Pleumeur-Bodou (48°47'10?N 3°31'26?W) in north-western France".
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