Telstar launches global live TV transmission

Literary/ Cultural Context Note

Lucas Paul Richert (University of Saskatchewan)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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Television

Dates

Date of occurrence 1962-06-22

Places

United States (Location)

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Telstar 1, a group of satellites which ushered in an entirely new age in electronic communications, was launched on 10 July 1962. It operated successfully until February 1963. Telstar 1 facilitated the first transmission of television pictures across the Atlantic Ocean. Relay stations in England and France received the transmissions. Telstar 1 also allowed telephone, telegraph, telephoto, and facsimile transmissions to cross the ocean.

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Citation: Richert, Lucas Paul. "Telstar launches global live TV transmission". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 October 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=3400, accessed 07 May 2024.]

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