Communications satellite
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A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a
An Iridium satellite for satellite telephony
Replica of Sputnik 1
The Atlas-B with SCORE on the launch pad; the rocket (without booster engines) constituted the satellite.
A stamp depicting the Palapa D satellite; the Palapa D satellite is a commercial satellite from Indonesia.
Telstar
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Telstar is a series of communications satellites. The first two, Telstar 1 and Telstar 2, were experimental and nearly identical. Telstar 1 was launched atop a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10, 1962, and
Communications satellite
…one point on Earth to another. This experiment sought to establish the feasibility of worldwide broadcasts of telephone, radio, and television signals. Telstar was the first active, direct relay communications commercial satellite and marked the first transatlantic transmission of television signals. Belonging…
Model of a Telstar satellite, on display at Conservatoire national des arts et métiers
177 ft. long horn antenna at AT&T's satellite ground station in Andover, Maine, built to communicate with Telstar
A photograph of a monitor during the first test of Telstar 1 on July 11, 1962