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Washington — An age-old dream has become reality with the successful lauching of Telstar.
This pioneering satellite presages a worldwide communications network. Men anywhere on the globe will soon be able to pick up telephones and talk, via satellite, to others separated by thousands of miles of land and sea.
Routinely, events of international significance will be televised as they happen.
Of all the space objects orbited so far, Telstar is the first that millions of people \yill use
directly, says the National Geographic Magazine. Writihg in the May, 1962, issue of National Geographic, Rowe Findley described the efforts that preceded the lauching. Allergic to Dust
In the actual building of Telstar, no hospital ever took greater pains to keep dirt and grime out of the works than did Bell Laboratories, research arm of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Telstar’s delicate components are acutely allergic to dust.
Air was filtered into the “white room” where the satellite was being assembled. Before entering, workers vacuum
84.5%