[GreenKeys] OT/ It Is TELSTAR DAY! July 10, 1962. This date marks the launch of Telstar 1

[Lester Veenstra]

Satellites were my life work, secondary, of course, to ham radio HI.  I have
sections of the honeycomb aluminum structure  that formed the reflector
surface of the Telstar antenna at Andover (a Hogg Horn).  Comsat did not
want to pay taxes on it, to the earth station that communicated with Telstar
I was town down for scrap.   The identical station in France is intact, and
part of a museum. In fact they  use the reflector surface as a movie screen
in the exhibit. 

I am not the only Greenkeyer who started with Comsat Labs/Comsat General.

 

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lester at veenstras.com

 

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From: GreenKeys [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ed
Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via GreenKeys
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 1:21 PM
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [GreenKeys] OT/ It Is TELSTAR DAY! July 10, 1962. This date marks
the launch of Telstar 1

 

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 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 the Ventures....

Enjoy the walk down memory lane.... Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC 
http://youtu.be/D6DmtPQv7V8

also goto - - 

http://www.smecc.org/telstar_photo_album.htm

read all these authors and articles at SMECC 

[  <http://www.smecc.org/john_pierce1.htm> John Pierce / Telstar ] [
<http://www.smecc.org/a__c__dickieson.htm> A. C. Dickieson ] [
<http://www.smecc.org/james_early___telstar.htm> James Early / TELSTAR ] [
<http://www.smecc.org/memorabilia___telstar.htm> Memorabilia / TELSTAR ] [
<http://www.smecc.org/telstar_broadcasts.htm> Telstar Broadcasts ][
<http://www.smecc.org/w_j_bray_-_uk.htm> W.J.Bray - UK ] [
<http://www.smecc.org/k_d__smith__bell_solar_batteries_telstar.htm> K.D.
Smith Bell Solar Batteries TELSTAR ] [
<http://www.smecc.org/telstar_-_joe_meek.htm> TELSTAR - Joe Meek ] [
<http://www.smecc.org/eugene_o%27niell_-_telstar.htm> Eugene O'Neill -
TELSTAR ][
<http://www.smecc.org/uk_first_telstar_transatlantic_color_transmission.htm>
UK First TELSTAR Transatlantic Color Transmission ]

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