Synergy User Manual and Tutorial. - THE CORE MEMORY

Synergy User Manual and Tutorial
In 1962, the Telstar I communications satellite was
launched and relayed the first transatlantic television
signals. The black and white image of an American flag
was relayed from a large antenna in Andover, Maine to
the Radome in Pleumeur-Bodou, France. This was the
first satellite built for active communications. It
demonstrated that a worldwide communication system
was feasible. The satellite was launched by NASA from
Cape Canaveral, Florida, weighed 171 pounds and was
34 inches in diameter. On the same day, the Telstar I
beamed the first satellite long distance phone call. The satellite was in service until 1963.
As of 2002, there were 260 active satellites in Earth’s orbit.
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