[QuadList] It Is TELSTAR DAY!!!!! July 10, 1962. This date marks the launch of Telstar 1,

[James Snyder]

I had the pleasure of working for Intelsat during their privatization 
process in the early 2000s and one of the major acquisitions they 
made right after privitazation was the Telstar satellites from Loral 
Skynet (formerly AT&T Skynet) in October 2003.  Telstar 1 not only 
led to the Telstar satellites from AT&T, but also Early Bird, the 
first  satellite from what would become Intelsat (the International 
Telecommunications Satellite Consortium).  It was fascinating to be 
able to go through the files at Intelsat HQ in DC and see the very 
earliest documents of the telecommunications satellite period, 
including communications between AT&T and Intelsat on coordinating 
their efforst (Intelsat was forbidden from operating satellites 
directly to the United States specifically because of AT&T's 
Telstars).  There is a three-issue story on the creation of Telstar 
in the old Bell System Technical Journals.  Take a look....

http://www3.alcatel-lucent.com/bstj/vol42-1963/bstj-vol42-issue04.html

James

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James Snyder
Senior Systems Administrator
Library of Congress -
   National Audio Visual Conservation Center (NAVCC)
Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division (MBRS)
Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation
http://www.loc.gov/avconservation/packard/


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>It Is TELSTAR DAY!!!!!
>July 10, 1962. This date marks the launch of Telstar 1, the first 
>communications satellite capable of relaying television signals from 
>Europe to North America!
>Yes on this VERY day long ago our childhood TELSTAR I was 
>launched.... and so was my fascination with Sat Com-
>For those of you Non-space science folk this is sure to be a memory 
>though ... and a great song by Joe Meek of UK but a hit indeed for 
>the VENTURES (60s music buddies can add to this )
>John R. Pierce of Bell Labs fame was the father of TELSTAR, and 
>later in my life to become a great friend and of mine and a friend 
>to the SMECC museum project. In addition A.C. Dickieson, the project 
>manager for TELSTAR, ended up retiring in Sun City here and I got to 
>know him as well. Add to that James Early who did device development 
>for the Telstar Project another great mind and a great 
>friend...Unfortunately all have passed on many years ago.....add to 
>that Eugene O'Neill and other... and look below in comments and you 
>will see some other articles about TELSTAR by some people I was 
>happy to call my friends... I miss them all but thankful to have had 
>the time I did with them. ok lets listen to the TELSTAR song by the 
>Ventures....
>Enjoy the walk down memory lane.... Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
><http://youtu.be/D6DmtPQv7V8>http://youtu.be/D6DmtPQv7V8
>also goto - -
><http://www.smecc.org/telstar_photo_album.htm>http://www.smecc.org/telstar_photo_album.htm
>read all these authors and articles at SMECC
>[ <http://www.smecc.org/john_pierce1.htm>John Pierce / Telstar ] [ 
><http://www.smecc.org/a__c__dickieson.htm>A. C. Dickieson ] [ 
><http://www.smecc.org/james_early___telstar.htm>James Early / 
>TELSTAR ] [ 
><http://www.smecc.org/memorabilia___telstar.htm>Memorabilia / 
>TELSTAR ] [ <http://www.smecc.org/telstar_broadcasts.htm>Telstar 
>Broadcasts ][ <http://www.smecc.org/w_j_bray_-_uk.htm>W.J.Bray - UK 
>] [ 
><http://www.smecc.org/k_d__smith__bell_solar_batteries_telstar.htm>K.D. 
>Smith Bell Solar Batteries TELSTAR ] [ 
><http://www.smecc.org/telstar_-_joe_meek.htm>TELSTAR - Joe Meek ] [ 
><http://www.smecc.org/eugene_o%27niell_-_telstar.htm>Eugene O'Neill 
>- TELSTAR ][ 
><http://www.smecc.org/uk_first_telstar_transatlantic_color_transmission.htm>UK 
>First TELSTAR Transatlantic Color Transmission ]
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