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  2. Telstar - Wikipedia

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    In August 1962, Telstar 1 became the first satellite used to synchronize time between two continents, bringing the United Kingdom and the United States to within 1 microsecond of each other (previous efforts were accurate to only 2,000 microseconds). [14] The Telstar 1 satellite also relayed computer data between two IBM 1401 computers.

  3. Telstar 1 - Wikipedia

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    Telstar 1 is a defunct communications satellite launched by NASA on July 10, 1962. One of the earliest communications satellites, it was the first satellite to achieve live transmission of broadcast television images between the United States and Europe.

  4. List of communications satellite firsts - Wikipedia

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    First amateur radio satellite First satellite ejected into orbit as a secondary launch payload: December 12, 1961 United States: Telstar 1: First active, direct-relay communications satellite First satellite to relay television, telephone and high-speed data communications First transatlantic television [1] July 10, 1962 United States: Relay 1

  5. Communications satellite - Wikipedia

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    The first satellite purpose-built to actively relay communications was Project SCORE, ... In 1962, the communications satellite, Telstar, was launched. It was a ...

  6. Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes - Wikipedia

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    Amazônia-1 is the first Earth observation satellite developed by Brazil, helped by Argentina's INVAP, who provided the main computer, attitude controls and sensors, and the training of Brazilian engineers,[8] and launched at 04:54:00 UTC (10:24:00 IST) on 28 February 2021.

  7. Satellite Internet access - Wikipedia

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    The first commercial communications satellite was Telstar 1, built by Bell Labs and launched in July 1962. The idea of a geosynchronous satellite —one that could orbit the Earth above the equator and remain fixed by following the Earth's rotation—was first proposed by Herman Potočnik in 1928 and popularised by the science fiction author ...

  8. Satellite television - Wikipedia

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    AT+T Telstar 1 test (first satellite TV broadcast, July 11 1962) The first public satellite television signals from Europe to North America were relayed via the Telstar satellite over the Atlantic ocean on 23 July 1962, although a test broadcast had taken place almost two weeks earlier on 11 July. [45]

  9. Timeline of private spaceflight - Wikipedia

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    10 July 1962 – Telstar 1, the first satellite to be used commercially, is launched on the first commercially sponsored space launch, aboard a Thor-Delta rocket. [ 2 ] 31 August 1962 – President John F. Kennedy signs the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 providing the regulatory framework for private companies in the United States to own ...