Telstar 1

Summary

Telstar 1 is a communications satellite^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.55% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (139 views/month, #3 of 549).^[2]

Key Facts

• Telstar 1's video is recorded as 1962-07-12 A Day in History.webm^[3].
• Telstar 1's image is recorded as Telstar 1 replica.jpg^[4].
• Telstar 1's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[5].
• Telstar 1's instance of is recorded as derelict satellite^[6].
• Telstar 1's instance of is recorded as artificial satellite of the Earth^[7].
• Telstar 1's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[8].
• Telstar 1's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1962-029A^[9].
• Telstar 1's Commons category is recorded as Telstar 1^[10].
• Telstar 1's space launch vehicle is recorded as Thor-Delta^[11].
• Telstar 1's SCN is recorded as 00340^[12].
• Telstar 1's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1962-07-10T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Telstar 1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07p5v^[14].
• Telstar 1's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[15].
• Telstar 1's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0065466^[16].
• Telstar 1's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Telstar-communications-satellite^[17].
• Telstar 1's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17^[18].
• Telstar 1's different from is recorded as Telstar^[19].
• Telstar 1's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as telstar-satellite-de-telecommunications^[20].
• Telstar 1's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "00340"]^[21].
• Telstar 1's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as telstar^[22].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Telstar 1 include SC Telstar^[23], an association football club^[24], in Netherlands^[25], founded in 1963^[26], headquartered in Velsen^[27]; Telstar^[28], a musical work/composition^[29]; and Adidas Telstar^[30], a FIFA World Cup official match ball^[31], in Mexico^[32].

Why It Matters

Telstar 1 ranks in the top 0.55% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (139 views/month, #3 of 549).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for it include SC Telstar^[23], an association football club^[24], in Netherlands^[25], founded in 1963^[26], headquartered in Velsen^[27]; Telstar^[28], a musical work/composition^[29]; and Adidas Telstar^[30], a FIFA World Cup official match ball^[31], in Mexico^[32].