[BC] It Is Telstar Day!!!!! July 10, 1962. This date marks the launch of Telstar 1,

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It Is Telstar Day!!!!! 
July 10, 1962. This date marks the launch of Telstar 1, the first communications satellite capable of relaying television signals from Europe to North America!
Yes on this very day long ago our childhood Telstar I was launched.... and so was my fascination with Sat Com- For us kids growing up in the  US, the UK and France, we got to witness our countries  participation  in the great Telstar Experiment!
For those of you Non-space science folk this is sure to be a memory though ... and a great song by Joe Meek of UK but a hit indeed for the Ventures (60s music buddies can add to this )
John R. Pierce of Bell Labs fame was the father of Telstar, and later in my life to become a great friend and of mine and a friend to the SMECC museum project. In addition A.C. Dickieson, the project manager for Telstar, ended up retiring in Sun City here and I got to know him as well. Add to that James Early who did device development for the Telstar Project another great mind and a great friend...Unfortunately all have passed on many years ago.....add to that Eugene O'Neill and other... and look below in comments and you will see some other articles about Telstar by some people I was happy to call my friends... I miss them all but thankful to have had the time I did with them. ok lets listen to the Telstar song by  Joe  Meek http://youtu.be/YuA-fqKCiAE  and also  the Ventures....http://youtu.be/D6DmtPQv7V8
Enjoy the walk down memory lane.... Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC 

also goto - -
http://www.smecc.org/telstar_photo_album.htm