NEW JERSEY, USA - 1962 - A technician at Bell Labs works on Telstar 1 was a communications satellite launched by NASA on July 10, 1962, it was the sat

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NEW JERSEY, USA - 1962 - A technician at Bell Labs works on Telstar 1 was a communications satellite launched by NASA on July 10, 1962, it was the satellite that allowed the first live broadcast of television images between the United States and Europe. It remained active for only 7 months, a much shorter service life than today's artificial satellites. Although it no longer works, it is still in the orbit of the Earth - Photo: Geopix/Bell Labs/NASA

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