Tag: Satellite

Podcast

28th October 1971: Prospero, the only British satellite launched with a British rocket

28th October 2022
Tagged as: Britain, Rocket, Satellite, Science, Space, Space Race, Technology

The Prospero satellite was launched, making it the first and only British satellite to be launched using a British rocket.

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11th July 1962: The world’s first satellite television broadcast took place using the recently-launched Telstar satellite

11th July 2022
Tagged as: Cold War, Culture, France, Satellite, Science, Space, Space Race, Spacecraft, Technology, Television, USA

Telstar’s first broadcast involved relaying an image of a flag outside its base station at Andover Earth Station to the Pleumeur-Bodou earth station in France.

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13th July 1985: Live Aid is watched by 1.9 billion people

13th July 2021
Tagged as: America, Britain, Charity, Concert, England, Ethiopia, Music, Satellite, USA

At 12 noon on the 13^th July 1985, an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion people tuned in to watch Live Aid, the “global jukebox” broadcast live from Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia.

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11th July 1962: World’s first satellite TV broadcast using Telstar

11th July 2021
Tagged as: America, Cold War, France, Satellite, USA

The world’s first satellite television broadcast took place on July 11^th 1962 when the Telstar satellite relayed an image of a flag outside its base station at Andover Earth Station to the Pleumeur-Bodou earth station in France.