Telstar 1

completedLaunch 1962 A EPS

Launched 7/10/1962MEOService GSat MEO O

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Payloads

Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.

1 payload

Telstar 1

retired

Communications

MEO

Launch Details

Launch Date: 7/10/1962
Launch ID: 1962 A EPS
Launch Profile: Sat MEO O
Service Type: G
Customer Type: C
Orbit: MEO

Launch Stack

Operator: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Launch Vehicle: Thor Delta
Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)US

Payload Summary

Payload Count: 1
Payload Status: retired 1
Payload Mission Types: Communications 1

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Mentions

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All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

Telstar-1, the first active communications satellite, was launched in 1962 and enabled the first transatlantic television transmission between the US and France.

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