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On July 10, 1962, a Boeing Thor Delta rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral. On its tip was a 34-inch diameter, 171-pound sphere. The next day, July 11, the sphere with the Space Age name Telstar 1 flickered to life and the age of global satellite communications was… Read More
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