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1962 · United States Air Force

Telstar 1

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Communications satellite

Overview

Date / time: July 10, 1962 at 08:35 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17B
Mission: Telstar 1
Mission type: Communications
Orbit achieved: Medium Earth Orbit

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1