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July 17, 2026
Technicians joined the Telstar satellite to the third stage of the Delta Rocket in July 1962. Credit: Keystone/Getty Images
In August 1962, British instrumental band the Tornados released a song inspired by the just-launched Telstar 1 satellite. The 170-lb. spacecraft revolutionized communications, broadcasting the first images across the Atlantic and connecting televisions, fax machines, telephones and two computers in…
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