WHM: The Teslar satellite

WHM: The Teslar satellite
WHM: The Teslar satellite

WHM: The Teslar satellite

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On July 23, 1962, communications were changed forever. This is the day Telstar went into service. Historian John R. Schmidt tells us about the beginning of satellite communications. (photo: Thor Delta launches Telstar1 satellite (10.07.1962, Cape Canaveral)Wikimedia commons)