UNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: Telstar, The First Communication Satellite In Usa In 1962. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
Vice President Lyndon Johnson watches the first television transmission from France via the Telstar satellite put into orbit the day before by the United States.
"The mayor Osvaldo Cagnasso gesticulating at the desk in his office, surrounded by his collaborators; his council is fully occupied in the preparation of a historical event; in fact, thursday the 26th of July, Cagnasso will communicate with his American counterpart in Medford, Oregon; the transoceanic telephone call, made ????possible by the Telstar satellite, will be the first of its kind in Italy, and at the same time will be replicated by other cities in Europe and the United States. Alba (CN), Italy, July 1962. (Photo by Mario De Biasi\Mondadori via Getty Images)"
UNITED STATES - JULY 01: Test In An Empty Room For the Satellite Telstar Before Putting It Into Orbit, in the United States, on July 1, 1962. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 25: Replica. This was the first satellite to transmit messages in real time. Built by the American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) Company, it was a multi-faceted sphere 1metre in diameter, and was able to receive messages from the ground, amplify them and then re-transmit them immediately, making it possible to send high-quality data such as television pictures. It was placed in a low orbit on 10th July 1962, and only 15 hours after launch transmitted live television pictures of a US flag blowing in the breeze in Maine to receivers in Britain and France. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)
