{"id":7130,"date":"2024-07-14T09:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T13:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/?p=7130"},"modified":"2024-10-17T17:24:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T21:24:22","slug":"awakening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/?p=7130","title":{"rendered":"Awakening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Written, performed and produced by Steve Keith at Baselines Designs Studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/all-songs\/mp3\/Awakening_Oct_17_Final.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DlQnOrQzsk8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The whole world was painted black and white.<br>Then a spark was struck, a brand new satellite.<br>The sixties roared in with a Paisley tie.<br>A sleek shining eye opened up the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elvis sings a million miles away<br>Electrons paint a cultural display<br>Across the oceans come signals uniting, dividing<br>Over the years it will continue providing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Milhous wipes his brow, J F K speaks For the world<br>Nickie bangs his shoe. Jackie smiles, not impressed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our footsteps were etched for eternity<br>A new world will build a fraternity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve thrived on those signals of dreams<br>We&#8217;ve strived to make sense of those beams<br>Derangement could always ignite<br>Our motives must always burn bright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Telstar<\/strong>&nbsp;is the name of various&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communications_satellite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">communications satellites<\/a>. The first two Telstar satellites were experimental and nearly identical.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 1<\/a>&nbsp;launched on top of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thor-Delta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thor-Delta<\/a>&nbsp;rocket on July 10, 1962. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radiofax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">telegraph images<\/a>, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 2<\/a>&nbsp;was launched May 7, 1963. Telstar 1 and 2\u2014though no longer functional\u2014still orbit the Earth.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th colspan=\"2\">External audio<\/th><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"audio icon\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e2\/Nuvola_apps_arts.svg\/16px-Nuvola_apps_arts.svg.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e2\/Nuvola_apps_arts.svg\/24px-Nuvola_apps_arts.svg.png 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e2\/Nuvola_apps_arts.svg\/32px-Nuvola_apps_arts.svg.png 2x\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/story\/felker-talking-telstar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Felker Talking Telstar<\/a>, 1962, Dr. Jean Felker&#8217;s speech starts at 4:20,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WNYC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WNYC<\/a><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-wnyc-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Belonging to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AT%26T_Corporation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AT&amp;T<\/a>, the original Telstar was part of a multi-national agreement among AT&amp;T (USA),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bell_Labs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bell Telephone Laboratories<\/a>&nbsp;(USA),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a>&nbsp;(USA),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_Post_Office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GPO<\/a>&nbsp;(United Kingdom) and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orange_S.A.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">direction g\u00e9n\u00e9rale des T\u00e9l\u00e9communications<\/a>&nbsp;(France) to develop experimental&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communications_satellite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">satellite communications<\/a>&nbsp;over the Atlantic Ocean. Bell Labs held a contract with NASA, paying the agency for each launch, independent of success.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Six ground stations were built to communicate with Telstar, one each in the US, France, the UK, Canada, West Germany and Italy. The American ground station\u2014built by Bell Labs\u2014was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andover_Earth_Station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andover Earth Station<\/a>, in Andover, Maine. The main British ground station was at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goonhilly_Satellite_Earth_Station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goonhilly Downs<\/a>, Cornwall. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BBC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>, as international coordinator, used this location. The standards&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NTSC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">525<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/405-line_television_system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">405<\/a>&nbsp;conversion equipment (filling a large room) was researched and developed by the BBC and located in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BBC_Television_Centre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC Television Centre<\/a>, London. The French ground station was at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pleumeur-Bodou_Ground_Station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pleumeur-Bodou<\/a>&nbsp;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[a]<\/a><\/sup>. The Canadian ground station was at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charleston,_Nova_Scotia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charleston, Nova Scotia<\/a>. The German ground station was at Raisting in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bavaria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bavaria<\/a>. The Italian ground station (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fucino_Space_Centre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fucino Space Centre<\/a>) was at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fucino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fucino<\/a>, near&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avezzano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avezzano<\/a>, in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abruzzo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abruzzo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The satellite was built by a team at Bell Telephone Laboratories that included&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_R._Pierce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Robinson Pierce<\/a>, who created the project;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-sun-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[4]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rudolf_Kompfner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rudy Kompfner<\/a>, who invented the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Traveling-wave_tube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">traveling-wave tube<\/a>&nbsp;transponder that the satellite used;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-sun-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[5]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_M._Early\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James M. Early<\/a>, who designed its transistors and solar panels.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[6]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;The satellite is roughly spherical, measures 34.5 inches (880&nbsp;mm) in length, and weighs about 170&nbsp;lb (77&nbsp;kg). Its dimensions were limited by what would fit on one of NASA&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Delta_rocket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delta rockets<\/a>. Telstar was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spin_stabilization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spin-stabilized<\/a>, and its outer surface was covered with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solar_cell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">solar cells<\/a>&nbsp;capable of generating 14&nbsp;watts of electrical power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original Telstar had a single innovative&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transponder_(Satellite_communications)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transponder<\/a>&nbsp;that could relay data, a single television channel, or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frequency-division_multiplexing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiplexed<\/a>&nbsp;telephone circuits. Since the spacecraft spun, it required an array of antennas around its &#8220;equator&#8221; for uninterrupted microwave communication with Earth. An&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Omnidirectional_antenna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">omnidirectional<\/a>&nbsp;array of small cavity antenna elements around the satellite&#8217;s &#8220;equator&#8221; received 6&nbsp;GHz&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microwave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">microwave<\/a>&nbsp;signals to relay back to ground stations. The transponder&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frequency_mixer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">converted the frequency<\/a>&nbsp;to 4&nbsp;GHz, amplified the signals in a traveling-wave tube, and retransmitted them omnidirectionally via the adjacent array of larger box-shaped cavities. The prominent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helical_antenna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helical antenna<\/a>&nbsp;received&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telecommand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">telecommands<\/a>&nbsp;from a ground station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Launched by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a>&nbsp;aboard a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Delta_rocket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delta rocket<\/a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cape Canaveral<\/a>&nbsp;on July 10, 1962, Telstar 1 was the first privately sponsored space launch. A medium-altitude satellite, Telstar was placed into an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elliptic_orbit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elliptical<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orbit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">orbit<\/a>&nbsp;completed once every 2 hours and 37 minutes, inclined at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the equator, with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perigee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perigee<\/a>&nbsp;about 952&nbsp;km (592&nbsp;mi) from Earth and apogee about 5,933&nbsp;km (3,687&nbsp;mi) from Earth<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-Dalgleish_1989-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><sup>:\u200a3-5\u200a<\/sup>&nbsp;This is in contrast to the 1965&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intelsat_I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Early Bird<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intelsat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intelsat<\/a>&nbsp;and subsequent satellites that travel in circular&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geostationary_orbit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">geostationary orbits<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-Dalgleish_1989-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><sup>:\u200a3-5\u200a<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to its non-<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geosynchronous_orbit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">geosynchronous orbit<\/a>, similar to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Molniya_orbit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Molniya orbit<\/a>, availability of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 1<\/a>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/transatlantic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transatlantic<\/a>&nbsp;signals was limited to the 30 minutes in each 2.5-hour orbit when the satellite&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pass_(spaceflight)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed<\/a>&nbsp;over the Atlantic Ocean. Ground antennas had to track the satellite with a pointing error of less than 0.06 degrees as it moved across the sky at up to 1.5 degrees per second.<sup>[<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Citation_needed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citation needed<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Relay_1_antenna_USA.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/24\/Relay_1_antenna_USA.jpg\/220px-Relay_1_antenna_USA.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">177 ft. long&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horn_antenna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">horn antenna<\/a>&nbsp;at AT&amp;T&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satellite_ground_station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">satellite ground station<\/a>&nbsp;in Andover, Maine, built to communicate with Telstar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the transmitters and receivers on Telstar were not powerful, ground antennas had to be 90&nbsp;ft (27&nbsp;m) tall. Bell Laboratory engineers designed a large horizontal conical&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horn_antenna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">horn antenna<\/a>&nbsp;with a parabolic reflector at its mouth that re-directed the beam. This particular design had very low&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sidelobe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sidelobes<\/a>, and thus made very low receiving system noise temperatures possible. The aperture of the antennas was 3,600&nbsp;sq&nbsp;ft (330&nbsp;m<sup>2<\/sup>). The antennas were 177&nbsp;ft (54&nbsp;m) long and weighed 380 short tons (340,000&nbsp;kg). Morimi Iwama and Jan Norton of Bell Laboratories were in charge of designing and building the electrical portions of the azimuth-elevation system that steered the antennas. The antennas were housed in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">radomes<\/a>&nbsp;the size of a 14-story office building. Two of these antennas were used, one in Andover, Maine, and the other in France at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pleumeur-Bodou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pleumeur-Bodou<\/a>. The GPO antenna at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goonhilly_Satellite_Earth_Station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goonhilly Downs<\/a>&nbsp;in Great Britain was a conventional 26-meter-diameter paraboloid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In service<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Telstar 1 relayed its first, and non-public, television pictures\u2014a flag outside Andover Earth Station\u2014to Pleumeur-Bodou on July 11, 1962.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-transmit-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[8]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Almost two weeks later, on July 23, at 3:00 p.m.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_Daylight_Time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EDT<\/a>, it relayed the first publicly available live transatlantic television signal.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-Walter-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[9]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;The broadcast was shown in Europe by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eurovision_Network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eurovision<\/a>&nbsp;and in North America by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CBS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Broadcasting_Company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBC<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-Walter-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[9]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;The first public broadcast featured CBS&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Cronkite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walter Cronkite<\/a>&nbsp;and NBC&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chet_Huntley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chet Huntley<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_City\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York<\/a>, and the BBC&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Dimbleby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Dimbleby<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brussels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brussels<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-Walter-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[9]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;The first pictures were the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Statue_of_Liberty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statue of Liberty<\/a>&nbsp;in New York and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eiffel_Tower\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eiffel Tower<\/a>&nbsp;in Paris.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-Walter-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[9]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;The first broadcast was to have included remarks by President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John F. Kennedy<\/a>, but the signal was acquired before the president was ready, so engineers filled the lead-in time with a short segment of a televised game between the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1962_Philadelphia_Phillies_season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia Phillies<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1962_Chicago_Cubs_season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Cubs<\/a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wrigley_Field\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wrigley Field<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-Walter-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[9]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-cnnlight-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[10]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[11]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;The Phillies&#8217; second baseman&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tony_Taylor_(baseball)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony Taylor<\/a>&nbsp;was seen hitting a ball pitched by the Cubs&#8217;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cal_Koonce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cal Koonce<\/a>&nbsp;to deep right field, caught by fielder&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Altman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Altman<\/a>&nbsp;for the out. From there, the video switched first to Washington, DC; then to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cape Canaveral<\/a>, Florida; to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Century_21_Exposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seattle World&#8217;s Fair<\/a>; then to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quebec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quebec<\/a>&nbsp;and finally to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stratford,_Ontario\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stratford, Ontario<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-Walter-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[9]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;The Washington segment included remarks by President Kennedy,<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-cnnlight-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[10]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;talking about the price of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_dollar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American dollar<\/a>, which was causing concern in Europe. When Kennedy denied that the United States would devalue the dollar it immediately strengthened on world markets; Cronkite later said that &#8220;we all glimpsed something of the true power of the instrument we had wrought.&#8221;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-Walter-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[9]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[12]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That evening, Telstar 1 also relayed the first satellite&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telephone_call\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">telephone call<\/a>, between U.S. vice-president&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lyndon_B._Johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lyndon Johnson<\/a>&nbsp;and the chairman of AT&amp;T,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederick_Kappel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frederick Kappel<\/a>. It successfully transmitted faxes, data, and both live and taped television, including the first live transmission of television across an ocean from Andover, Maine, US, to Goonhilly Downs, England, and Pleumeur-Bodou, France.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[13]<\/a><\/sup><sup>[<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Please_clarify\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clarification needed<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup>&nbsp;(An experimental&nbsp;<em>passive<\/em>&nbsp;satellite,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Echo_satellite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Echo 1<\/a><\/em>, had been used to reflect and redirect communications signals two years earlier, in 1960.) In August 1962, Telstar 1 became the first satellite used to synchronize time between two continents, bringing the United Kingdom and the United States to within 1 microsecond of each other (previous efforts were accurate to only 2,000 microseconds).<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-NASA-SP-93-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[14]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Telstar 1 satellite also relayed computer data between two&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IBM_1401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IBM 1401<\/a>&nbsp;computers. The test, performed on October 25, 1962, sent a message from a transmitting computer in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Endicott,_New_York\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Endicott, New York<\/a>, to the earth station in Andover, Maine. The message was relayed to the earth station in France, where it was decoded by a second IBM 1401 in La Gaude, France.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[15]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Telstar 1, which had ushered in a new age of the commercial use of technology, became a victim of the military technology of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cold War<\/a>&nbsp;era. The day before Telstar 1 launched, a U.S. high-altitude nuclear bomb (called&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Starfish_Prime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starfish Prime<\/a>) had energized the Earth&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Van_Allen_Belt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Van Allen Belt<\/a>&nbsp;where Telstar 1 went into orbit. This vast increase in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_artificial_radiation_belts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">radiation belt<\/a>, combined with subsequent high-altitude blasts, including a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_the_Soviet_Union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soviet test in October<\/a>, overwhelmed Telstar&#8217;s fragile transistors.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[16]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-jme-smecc90-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[17]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[18]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;It went out of service in November 1962, after handling over 400 telephone,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telegraph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">telegraph<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">facsimile<\/a>, and television transmissions.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-cnnlight-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[10]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;It was restarted by a workaround in early January 1963.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[19]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;The additional radiation associated with its return to full sunlight<sup>[<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Please_clarify\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clarification needed<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup>&nbsp;once again caused a transistor failure, this time irreparably, and Telstar 1 went back out of service on February 21, 1963.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experiments continued, and by 1964, two Telstars, two&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Relay_program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Relay<\/a>&nbsp;units (from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RCA<\/a>), and two&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syncom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syncom<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;units (from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hughes_Aircraft_Company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hughes Aircraft Company<\/a>) had operated successfully in space.&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syncom_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syncom 2<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;was the first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geosynchronous_satellite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">geosynchronous satellite<\/a>&nbsp;and its successor,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syncom_3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syncom 3<\/a><\/em>, broadcast pictures from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1964_Summer_Olympics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1964 Summer Olympics<\/a>&nbsp;in Tokyo. The first commercial&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geosynchronous_satellite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">geosynchronous satellite<\/a>&nbsp;was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intelsat_I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intelsat I<\/a>&nbsp;(&#8220;Early Bird&#8221;) launched in 1965.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Telstar was considered a technical success. According to a US. Information Agency (USIA) poll, Telstar was better known in Great Britain than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sputnik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sputnik<\/a>&nbsp;had been in 1957.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-NASAExpSat-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[20]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Newer Telstars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Subsequent Telstar satellites were advanced commercial geosynchronous spacecraft that share only their name with Telstar 1 and 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second wave of Telstar satellites launched with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 301<\/a>&nbsp;in 1983, followed by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 302<\/a>&nbsp;in 1984 (which was renamed Telstar 3C after it was carried into space by Shuttle mission&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/STS-41-D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">STS-41-D<\/a>),<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[21]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;and by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 303<\/a>&nbsp;in 1985.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next wave, starting with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 401<\/a>, came in 1993; which was lost in 1997 due to a magnetic storm, and then&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 402<\/a>&nbsp;was destroyed shortly after launch in 1994.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[22]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;It was replaced in 1995 by Telstar 402R, eventually renamed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 10<\/a>&nbsp;was launched in China in 1997 by APT Satellite Company, Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2003, Telstars 4\u20138 and 13\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Loral_Skynet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loral Skynet<\/a>&#8216;s North American fleet\u2014were sold to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intelsat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intelsat<\/a>. Telstar 4 suffered complete failure prior to the handover. The others were renamed the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intelsat_Americas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intelsat Americas<\/a>&nbsp;5, 6, etc. At the time of the sale, Telstar 8 was still under construction by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Systems\/Loral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Systems\/Loral<\/a>, and it was finally launched on June 23, 2005, by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sea_Launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sea Launch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Telstar 18 was launched in June 2004 by sea launch. The upper stage of the rocket underperformed, but the satellite used its significant&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orbital_station-keeping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stationkeeping<\/a>&nbsp;fuel margin to achieve its operational&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geostationary_orbit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">geostationary orbit<\/a>. It has enough on-board fuel remaining to allow it to exceed its specified 13-year design life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telesat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telesat<\/a>&nbsp;launched&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_12_Vantage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 12 Vantage<\/a>&nbsp;in November 2015 on a H2A204 variant of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H-IIA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H-IIA<\/a>&nbsp;rocket,<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[23]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;and it commenced service in December 2015.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[24]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_19V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 19V<\/a>&nbsp;was launched on 22 July 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_18V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 18V<\/a>&nbsp;was launched on 10 September 2018, on a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SpaceX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Falcon_9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Falcon 9<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-cooper-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[25]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar#cite_note-spacex_telstar18v-27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[26]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Satellites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Name<\/th><th>Manufacturer<\/th><th>Launch date<\/th><th>Launch vehicle<\/th><th>Launch place<\/th><th>Orbital position<\/th><th><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satellite_bus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bus<\/a><\/th><th><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mass<\/a><\/th><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 1<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bell_Laboratories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bell Laboratories<\/a><\/td><td>July 10, 1962<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thor-Delta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delta-DM19<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cape Canaveral<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LC-17B<\/a><\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>Telstar Bus<\/td><td>77&nbsp;kg (170&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 2<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bell_Laboratories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bell Laboratories<\/a><\/td><td>May 7, 1963<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Delta_B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delta B<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cape Canaveral<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LC-17B<\/a><\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>Telstar Bus<\/td><td>79&nbsp;kg (174&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 301<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hughes_Aircraft_Company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hughes<\/a><\/td><td>July 28, 1983<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Delta_3000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delta-3920 PAM-D<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cape Canaveral<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LC-17A<\/a><\/td><td>76\u00b0 W<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HS-376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HS-376<\/a><\/td><td>625&nbsp;kg (1,378&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 302<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hughes_Aircraft_Company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hughes<\/a><\/td><td>August 30, 1984<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Shuttle<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle_Discovery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Discovery<\/em><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kennedy_Space_Center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kennedy<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LC-39A<\/a><\/td><td>125\u00b0 W<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HS-376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HS-376<\/a><\/td><td>625&nbsp;kg (1,378&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 303<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hughes_Aircraft_Company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hughes<\/a><\/td><td>June 17, 1985<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Shuttle<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle_Discovery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Discovery<\/em><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kennedy_Space_Center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kennedy<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LC-39A<\/a><\/td><td>76\u00b0 W<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HS-376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HS-376<\/a><\/td><td>630&nbsp;kg (1,390&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 401<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lockheed_Martin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lockheed Martin<\/a><\/td><td>December 16, 1993<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlas_IIAS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlas IIAS<\/a>&nbsp;AC-108<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cape Canaveral<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LC-36B<\/a><\/td><td>97\u00b0 W<\/td><td>AS-7000<\/td><td>3,375&nbsp;kg (7,441&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 402<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lockheed_Martin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lockheed Martin<\/a><\/td><td>September 9, 1994<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ariane_42L\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ariane 42L<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guiana_Space_Centre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kourou<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ELA-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ELA-2<\/a><\/td><td>89\u00b0 W<br>planned<\/td><td>AS-7000<\/td><td>3,485&nbsp;kg (7,683&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 4<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lockheed_Martin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lockheed Martin<\/a><\/td><td>September 24, 1995<\/td><td>Ariane 42L<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guiana_Space_Centre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kourou<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ELA-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ELA-2<\/a><\/td><td>89\u00b0 W<\/td><td>AS-7000<\/td><td>3,410&nbsp;kg (7,520&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galaxy_25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 5<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Systems\/Loral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Systems\/Loral<\/a><\/td><td>May 24, 1997<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Proton-K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proton-K<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Block-DM4&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Block-DM4<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baikonur_Cosmodrome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baikonur<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">81\/23<\/a><\/td><td>97\u00b0 W<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SSL_1300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSL 1300<\/a><\/td><td>3,600&nbsp;kg (7,900&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galaxy_26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 6<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Systems\/Loral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Systems\/Loral<\/a><\/td><td>February 15, 1999<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Proton-K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proton-K<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Block-DM3&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Block-DM3<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baikonur_Cosmodrome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baikonur<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">81\/23<\/a><\/td><td>93\u00b0 W<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SSL_1300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSL 1300<\/a><\/td><td>3,763&nbsp;kg (8,296&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galaxy_27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 7<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Systems\/Loral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Systems\/Loral<\/a><\/td><td>September 25, 1999<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ariane_44LP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ariane 44LP<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guiana_Space_Centre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kourou<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ELA-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ELA-2<\/a><\/td><td>127\u00b0 W<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SSL_1300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSL 1300<\/a><\/td><td>3,790&nbsp;kg (8,360&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galaxy_28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 8<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Systems\/Loral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Systems\/Loral<\/a><\/td><td>June 23, 2005<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zenit-3SL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zenit-3SL<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sea_Launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sea Launch<\/a><\/td><td>89\u00b0 W<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SSL_1300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSL 1300<\/a>S<\/td><td>5,493&nbsp;kg (12,110&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 9<\/a><br>(not launched)<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Systems\/Loral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Systems\/Loral<\/a><\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SSL_1300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSL 1300<\/a>S<\/td><td>5,493&nbsp;kg (12,110&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 10<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Systems\/Loral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Systems\/Loral<\/a><\/td><td>October 16, 1997<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_March_3B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Long March 3B<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xichang<\/a>&nbsp;3B<\/td><td>76,5\u00b0 E<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SSL_1300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSL 1300<\/a><\/td><td>3,700&nbsp;kg (8,200&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 11<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matra_Marconi_Space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matra Marconi Space<\/a><\/td><td>November 29, 1994<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlas_IIA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlas IIA<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cape Canaveral<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LC-36A<\/a><\/td><td>37,5\u00b0 W<\/td><td>Eurostar-2000<\/td><td>2,361&nbsp;kg (5,205&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_11N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 11N<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Systems\/Loral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Systems\/Loral<\/a><\/td><td>February 26, 2009<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zenit-3SLB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zenit-3SLB<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baikonur_Cosmodrome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baikonur<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">45\/1<\/a><\/td><td>37,5\u00b0 W<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SSL_1300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSL 1300<\/a><\/td><td>4,012&nbsp;kg (8,845&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 12<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Systems\/Loral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Systems\/Loral<\/a><\/td><td>October 19, 1999<\/td><td>Ariane 44LP<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guiana_Space_Centre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kourou<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ELA-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ELA-2<\/a><\/td><td>15\u00b0 W<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SSL_1300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSL 1300<\/a><\/td><td>3,814&nbsp;kg (8,408&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_12V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 12V<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/EADS_Astrium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EADS Astrium<\/a><\/td><td>November 24, 2015<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=H-IIA_(rocket)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H-IIA-204<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tanegashima_Space_Center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tanegashima<\/a>&nbsp;YLP-1<\/td><td>15\u00b0 W<\/td><td>Eurostar-3000<\/td><td>5,000&nbsp;kg (11,000&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galaxy_23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 13<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Systems\/Loral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Systems\/Loral<\/a><\/td><td>August 8, 2003<\/td><td>Zenit-3SL<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sea_Launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sea Launch<\/a><\/td><td>121\u00b0 W<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SSL_1300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSL 1300<\/a><\/td><td>4,737&nbsp;kg (10,443&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estrela_do_Sul_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 14<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Systems\/Loral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Systems\/Loral<\/a><\/td><td>January 11, 2004<\/td><td>Zenit-3SL<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sea_Launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sea Launch<\/a><\/td><td>63\u00b0 W<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SSL_1300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSL 1300<\/a><\/td><td>4,694&nbsp;kg (10,348&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_14R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 14R<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Systems\/Loral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Systems\/Loral<\/a><\/td><td>May 20, 2011<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Proton-M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proton-M<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Briz-M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Briz-M<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baikonur_Cosmodrome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baikonur<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_39&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">200\/39<\/a><\/td><td>63\u00b0 W<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SSL_1300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSL 1300<\/a><\/td><td>5,000&nbsp;kg (11,000&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 18<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Systems\/Loral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Systems\/Loral<\/a><\/td><td>June 29, 2004<\/td><td>Zenit-3SL<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sea_Launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sea Launch<\/a><\/td><td>138\u00b0 E<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SSL_1300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSL 1300<\/a><\/td><td>4,640&nbsp;kg (10,230&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_18V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 18V<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Systems\/Loral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Systems\/Loral<\/a><\/td><td>September 10, 2018<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Falcon_9_Block_5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Falcon 9 B5<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cape Canaveral<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SLC-40<\/a><\/td><td>138\u00b0 E<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SSL_1300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSL 1300<\/a><\/td><td>7,060&nbsp;kg (15,560&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telstar_19V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telstar 19V<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Systems\/Loral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Systems\/Loral<\/a><\/td><td>July 22, 2018<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Falcon_9_Block_5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Falcon 9 B5<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cape Canaveral<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SLC-40<\/a><\/td><td>63\u00b0 W<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SSL_1300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSL 1300<\/a><\/td><td>7,076&nbsp;kg (15,600&nbsp;lb)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<script>\nvar zbPregResult = '0';\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written, performed and produced by Steve Keith at Baselines Designs Studio. 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