The Story Of Telstar…The First Communications Satellite

On March 8, 2014 - TV History

The Story Of Telstar…The First Communications Satellite


Since we are knee deep in space launches and television’s coverage of them, I thought you would enjoy seeing this 1962 film on how the Bell System, in cooperation with NASA, developed the Telstar satellite, and participated in the launch and the subsequent successful transmission of signals to and from the earth and space.

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10 Comments

  1. Steve Williams March 9, 2014

    I am fortunate enough to own a 16mm print of this.

  2. Preston Trusler March 9, 2014

    My father worked on Telstar. In the early 60’s, he took us to an earth station in an inflated bubble in rural Maine.

  3. Don Hougland March 9, 2014

    The first video was our National Anthem…re-audio to get rid of the mix-minus (dbl audio) and aired the video at sign on& sign-off at a small market Texas station for a month or so…believe I still have it on 2 inch quad.. Memories…

  4. Eyes Of A Generation.com March 8, 2014

    SORRY! Link seemt to be broken, here it is again. http://techchannel.att.com/play-video.cfm/2011/9/14/AT&T-Archives-Telstar

  5. Dennis Degan March 8, 2014

    Link no workie . . . .

  6. Jim Young March 8, 2014

    I posted from my phone and thought it was a phone issue. Thanks!

  7. Michael Scott Ferguson March 8, 2014

    Wiki states that the giant tracking “cornucopia” horn is no more, but a check shows the Andover site still has a number of dishes, owned by Verizon.

  8. Bob Hollis March 8, 2014

    Visited the earth station site in ’65 while summer camping in Boy Scouts. Next to the JFK assassination, that b&w picture of the tracking dome and flag is forever ingrained.

  9. Dan Evans March 8, 2014

    Only 34″ diameter. Little guy could do a lot for his size.

  10. Wally Roper March 8, 2014

    I remember watching the first transmission…we thought it was so cool!