Telstar Satellite.

ID: 542 ~ Source: Brian Dunbar. “July 12, 1962: The Day Information Went Global.” NASA, July 8, 2015, Accessed November 2018, http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/telstar.html.
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Telstar Satellite.

It was the first active communication satellite to ever be launched into space. It was launched on July 10, 1962, and remained in operation for only seven months. The satellite was developed by AT&T but the components necessary for its construction were made by Sprague Electric.

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