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Telstar relays television

The communications satellite relayed transatlantic television signals in 1962. Newspaper pages from 1962 to 1963 on a map and timeline.

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23,766,177 pages from 4,691 newspapers, 1736–1963.

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651 matching newspaper pages in total. Washington, DC has the most hits (298 pages). Showing up to 10 earliest results from this city.

  1. Evening Star — 1962-03-30, page 5

    … 10 to 20 minutes will be exchanged by means of a communications satellite, the Telstar, scheduled for launch ing in late May or June. The Telstar, financed by the American Telephone & Tele graph Co., will be put aloft in co-operation …

    … they also will be represented at the Seville meeting. Relay Setup Outlined When Telstar is orbiting the Atlantic, television signals will be sent to the satellite from …

    … the Bell System’s station at And over, Me. Telstar will forward the sig nals to the British post office installation at Goonhillydowns …

  2. Evening Star — 1962-04-08, page 79

    … step to ward worldwide television com i munications. Next month. It is hoped, a telstar satellite will go up from ; Cape Canaveral that will send short wave signals to …

  3. Evening Star — 1962-04-22, page 88

    … Thursday night. A demonstration of trans mitting 1.000 words a minute via a model “Telstar" satellite will be presented at the ANPA Wednesday session by E. J. ! McNeely, …

    … president ’of the American Telephone & Tele graph Co. Picture Relay The actual "Telstar” satel lite, capable of relaying tele vision pictures as well as words between …

  4. Evening Star — 1962-04-25, page 16

    … of the future use of communications satel- ' lites. A full-size model of the • "Telstar” communications sat ellite was suspended from the , stage ceiling of the Waldorf …

  5. Evening Star — 1962-04-26, page 9

    … anniversary convention, watched a demonstration yes terday of a full-size model of the “Telstar” communications satellite. A 250-word story was sent between two radio stations …

  6. Evening Star — 1962-06-03, page 4

    … will speak at tions. A headline event will be a banquet June 13 a panel on the "Telstar” satel lite now being prepared for : “ launching by the Bell System uom Spftce …

  7. Evening Star — 1962-06-10, page 95

    … residential suburb of Washington, D. C. FLIGHT PROGRAMS • Echo II • Rebound • Relay • Telstar • Syncom SPACECRAFT ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION • PCM Telemetry • Command Control …

  8. Evening Star — 1962-06-12, page 39

    … residential suburb of Washington, D. C. FLIGHT PROGRAMS • Echo n • Rebound • Relay • Telstar • Syncom SPACECRAFT ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION • PCM Telemetry • Command Control …

  9. Evening Star — 1962-06-13, page 77

    … residential suburb of Washington, D. C. FLIGHT PROGRAMS • Echo n • Rebound • Relay • Telstar • Syncom SPACECRAFT ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION • PCM Telemetry • Command Control …

  10. Evening Star — 1962-06-17, page 19

    … that It can and will be, with the proper direction. In the next few months the Telstar and Relay satellites will be launched from Cape Canav eral, pointing toward a world …

    … -wide system. One of these—Telstar—is being built by a private company with its own funds. Both are ex perimental, …

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