Monday, December 28, 1992

Telstar 1

  1962-029A


The world's first commercial satellite, Telstar 1 (A-40 or TSX 1) was built by and for AT&T; Bell Labs. The medium altitude C-band comsat was launched by a Delta from Cape Canaveral in Jul 1962 and provided transatlantic communications relay services.


Telstar 1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1962 Jul 10  0835:05 Launch by Delta DM19  CC LC17B 
 0837  Thor sep 
 0837  Delta 2023 burn 
 0842? Delta SECO 
  Altair 3023 burn 
 0846 Altair sep 
 2328 First active phone relay 
 2331 First TV relay 
1962 Jul 10    952 x 5632 x 44.8 
1962 Nov 24   Failed due to STARFISH damage 
1963 Jan 3   Recovered transmissions 
1963 Feb 21   End of transmissions 

Payload:

  • C-band communications

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