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Original vintage black-and-white photograph showing a technical cutaway drawing of the Telstar communications satellite (1962), the world’s first active communications satellite. The diagram labels key components, including the antenna, telemetry module, solar cells, traveling wave tube amplifier, nickel-cadmium battery, and equatorial antennas.

Launched on July 10, 1962, Telstar revolutionized global communications by relaying the first live television broadcasts, telephone calls, and fax images between Europe and North America. Its success marked the dawn of the modern satellite communications era.

Subject: Telstar 1 communications satellite

Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver photograph of NASA / Bell Labs technical illustration
Dimensions: 15.5 x 20 cm
Condition: Very good with light handling wear consistent with archival press use

A significant piece of space race history, ideal for collectors of Cold War technology, early space exploration, and satellite communications memorabilia.

Gelatin-silver print - Gallery Stamp - 1962

KEYSTONE - Telstar Communications Satellite – Original 1962 Technical Drawing Photograph

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