SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -On July 10, 1962, Telstar 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, the U.S. as the first commercial payload in space. Two days later, the world’s first active communications satellite transmitted the first global television signal.

Detailed explanation-2: -Launched on July 10, 1962, Telstar 1, developed by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), was the world’s first active communications satellite. AT&T used the satellite to test basic features of communications via space.

Detailed explanation-3: -Telstar was launched by NASA on July 10, 1962, from Cape Canaveral, Fla., and was the first privately sponsored space-faring mission. Two days later, it relayed the world’s first transatlantic television signal, from Andover Earth Station, Maine, to the Pleumeur-Bodou Telecom Center, Brittany, France.

Detailed explanation-4: -INTELSAT 1 The first commerical satellite which is placed in geosynchronous orbit.

Detailed explanation-5: -India had successfully launched its first commercial satellite in 2007 using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) carrying Italian satellite AGILE. China has launched its first commercial satellite AsiaSat-1 on 7 April 1990.

Detailed explanation-6: -Although the satellite is no longer operational, it remains in Earth orbit. The original Telstar had a roughly spherical shape.

Detailed explanation-7: -Belonging to AT&T, the original Telstar was part of a multi-national agreement among AT&T (USA), Bell Telephone Laboratories (USA), NASA (USA), GPO (United Kingdom) and the National PTT (France) to develop experimental satellite communications over the Atlantic Ocean.