July 1oth 1962,the world lauds the launch of Telstar 1, the first commercially built telecommunications satellite. Developed by Bell Labs for ATT and a conglomerate of European companies, Telestar 1 relayed the first television signals, as well as telephone and photograph facsimiles, from Maine to England and France. The 170 pound,34.5 inch spheroid was launched via a N.A.S.A Delta rocket.
1:1 scale model was extrapolated from N.A.S.A publication SP-2(Available below) and from various photographs and a short newsreel. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRHpl2gZOo0 )
Also see OneEyeJack's excellent model of the PB1 horn antenna at PLEUMEUR-BODOU, France - twin to the antenna at Andover, Maine. #3d_challenge_013 #aerospace #andover #communication #Communication_satellite #djames #FRANCE #Goonhilly_Downs #maine #orbit #PLEUMEUR_BODOU #satellite #space #technology #telecommunication #telstar #Telstar_1
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