[QuadList] OT there will be a live webcast to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Telstar.

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Thursday, July 11th between 1:30 and 4pm EST (1730-2000  UT) there will be 
a live webcast to commemorate the 50th anniversary of  Telstar. 
The National Air and Space Museum's Space History and Education divisions, 
in  collaboration with the French Embassy, will host a symposium to 
commemorate the  50th anniversary of the Telstar satellite, representing the birth 
of global  telecommunications.  
The symposium will be presented in two parts. The first is a half-hour  
satellite television connection between the Museum and the Pleumeur-Bodou  
Telecommunications Museum in France to commemorate the first global transmission 
 of a television signal. Speakers include Secretary of the Smithsonian 
Wayne  Clough and French Ambassador to the United States François Delattre. 

The  second part of the symposium features three sessions, with historians 
and  experts from industry and government, discussing major aspects of the 
Telstar  project and its impact on the development of global communications. 
The event  also will include footage from the original 1962 broadcast. 

Telstar 1  launched on July 10, 1962 from Cape Canaveral and was the first 
privately  sponsored spacefaring mission. It handled a variety of 
transmissions, including  telephone, fax, data, still pictures, and television 
signals, from several  locations across the United States and Europe. 

Additional information on  the program and the history of Telstar, is 
available on a _website_ (http://telstar50.org/)  developed by the Embassy  of 
France.  
Be  sure to Check SMECC MUSEUM TELSTAR GOODIES 
_http://www.smecc.org/telstar_photo_album.htm_ 
(http://www.smecc.org/telstar_photo_album.htm)  
[ _John Pierce / Telstar_ (http://www.smecc.org/john_pierce1.htm)   ]  _A. 
C.  Dickieson_ (http://www.smecc.org/a__c__dickieson.htm)  ]  _James Early / 
 TELSTAR_ (http://www.smecc.org/james_early___telstar.htm)  ]  _Memorabilia 
/  TELSTAR_ (http://www.smecc.org/memorabilia___telstar.htm)  ]  _Telstar  
Broadcasts_ (http://www.smecc.org/telstar_broadcasts.htm)  ]  _W.J.Bray - 
UK_ (http://www.smecc.org/w_j_bray_-_uk.htm)  ]  _K.D. Smith Bell Solar 
Batteries TELSTAR_ 
(http://www.smecc.org/k_d__smith__bell_solar_batteries_telstar.htm)  ]  _TELSTAR - Joe  Meek_ (http://www.smecc.org/telstar_-_joe_meek.htm) 
 ]  _Eugene  O'Neill - TELSTAR_ 
(http://www.smecc.org/eugene_o'niell_-_telstar.htm)  ] 
On the  11th see the Live Webcast or the archive later at below  link
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