Happy 46th Birthday Telstar 1!

OFFICIAL MEMORANDUM
To: All staff and associates
From: Telstar Logistics Office of Launch Control and Human Resources
Re: Telstar 1 Anniversary

Dear colleagues,

On this day in 1962, our corporate namesake, the Telstar 1 telecommunications satellite, was launched into orbit.  For those of you who weren't here last year to take part in our employee orientation, you can review the history and significance of Telstar here and here. 

For your convenience, we are also making available this vintage Telstar launch footage from 1962, for those of you who prefer to watch moving pictures:

For everyone else, remember that today is a paid holiday, so enjoy your time off as we celebrate Telstar I, America's heroic "Tower in the Sky."

That is all.

-- The Executive Team

PREVIOUSLY:

Happy 45th Anniversary, Telstar 1!

A Brief History of All Telstars

(IMAGE: Top, Telstar 1 launch souvenir.  Photo from the Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation.)

Comments

[Tom Cadimain]

Thanks for the memories; I was 13 and remember the days of Sputnik, Mercury, and Telstar and all that came after. TC