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Telstar is the name of various communications satellites. The first two Telstar satellites were experimental and nearly identical. Telstar 1 was launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10 1962. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures telephone calls fax images and provided the first live transatlantic television feed. Telstar 2 was launched May 7 1963. Telstar 1 and 2 though no longer functional are still in orbit as of October 2013.
