Telstar 1

Communications satellite launched by NASA on July 10, 1962. Telstar 1 was launched on July 10, 1962 aboard a Thor Delta from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 1962 A EPS 1NORAD 340United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: Telstar 1
International designator: 1962 A EPS 1
NORAD catalog number: 340
GCAT identifier: S00340
UN registration: A/AC.105/INF.014

Mission

Mission type: Communications
Use: Commercial
Program: TSX
Owner: AT&T
Country: United States
Builder: American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Bell Telephone Laboratories
Platform (bus): TSX

Launch

Date: July 10, 1962 · 08:35 UTC
Launch record: 1962 A EPSSuccess
Rocket: Thor Delta
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): MEO
Perigee: 956 km
Apogee: 5,634 km
Inclination: 44.82°
Status: In orbit
Last known active: Feb 21, 1963
End of operations: Feb 21, 1963

Size

Mass: 77 kg
Dry mass: 77 kg
Length: 0.9 m
Diameter: 0.90 m
Span: 1.5 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q751132 (CC0).