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Telstar 1



General


Designation 00340 / 62029A
Launch date 10 Jul 1962
Country of origin United States
Mission Telecommunications
Perigee/Apogee 942/5646 km
Inclination 44.8°
Period 157.8 min
Launch vehicle Thor Delta #11
Launch site Cape Canaveral

First private active communication satellite

First live broadcasts between the United States and Europe. At the end of 1962, after 4 months, a transistor of the system failed. AT&T managed to repair it!

The transistor failure has been blamed on the explosion of a DOD 1.5 megaton explosion at 160 km altitude (project Stafish) days before launch. Source: Appointment on the Moon, Richard S. Lewis, p. 308

End of life


Out of service 21 Feb 1963


External resources


http://telstar50.org/

sat-index articles



Technical data


Specifications
C-band

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