Andover, Maine
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Andover is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 752 at the 2020 census. Set among mountains and crossed by the Appalachian Trail, Andover is home to the Lovejoy Covered Br
Main Street c. 1906
Town Hall
Lovejoy Covered Bridge
Telstar 1
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Telstar 1 is a defunct communications satellite launched by NASA on July 10th, 1962. One of the earliest communications satellites, it was the first telecommunications satellite, achieving live transm
Andover, Maine
…be site of the Andover Earth Station, completed in 1962. It was the location of the first live transatlantic television signal broadcast by satellite Telstar 1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 57.46 square miles (148.82 km2), of which 57.42 square miles (148.72 km2…
The original Telstar had a roughly spherical shape.
Huge horn antenna at the AT&T Andover satellite ground station at Andover, Maine
Launch of Telstar 1
A photograph of a monitor during the first test of Telstar 1 on July 11, 1962