I worked at the Andover, Maine TelStar station for 10-12 years. It is now owned by Verizon I think. Ask anyone about the Radome or AN02 as it was known.

-----Original Message----- From: B J Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10:19 AM To: amsat-bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Telstar Launched 50 Years Ago Today

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2012/07/04/50-years-ago-the-first-tv-satellit... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar

I remember how people were fascinated by what it could do. "Live via satellite" was a magic phrase back then.

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