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lang=EN-GB>Thursday, July 11<SUP>th</SUP> between 1:30 and 4pm EST (1730-2000
UT) there will be a live webcast to commemorate the 50th anniversary of
Telstar.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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<P>The National Air and Space Museum's Space History and Education divisions, in
collaboration with the French Embassy, will host a symposium to commemorate the
50th anniversary of the Telstar satellite, representing the birth of global
telecommunications. </P>
<P>The symposium will be presented in two parts. The first is a half-hour
satellite television connection between the Museum and the Pleumeur-Bodou
Telecommunications Museum in France to commemorate the first global transmission
of a television signal. Speakers include Secretary of the Smithsonian Wayne
Clough and French Ambassador to the United States François Delattre. <BR><BR>The
second part of the symposium features three sessions, with historians and
experts from industry and government, discussing major aspects of the Telstar
project and its impact on the development of global communications. The event
also will include footage from the original 1962 broadcast. <BR><BR>Telstar 1
launched on July 10, 1962 from Cape Canaveral and was the first privately
sponsored spacefaring mission. It handled a variety of transmissions, including
telephone, fax, data, still pictures, and television signals, from several
locations across the United States and Europe. <BR><BR>Additional information on
the program and the history of Telstar, is available on a <A
href="http://telstar50.org/" target=_blank>website</A> developed by the Embassy
of France. </P></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" lang=EN-GB>Be
sure to Check SMECC MUSEUM TELSTAR GOODIES</SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" lang=EN-GB><A
href="http://www.smecc.org/telstar_photo_album.htm">http://www.smecc.org/telstar_photo_album.htm</A></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" lang=EN-GB>[ <A
href="http://www.smecc.org/john_pierce1.htm" target="">John Pierce / Telstar</A>
] <NOBR>[ <A href="http://www.smecc.org/a__c__dickieson.htm" target="">A. C.
Dickieson</A> ]</NOBR> <NOBR>[ <A
href="http://www.smecc.org/james_early___telstar.htm" target="">James Early /
TELSTAR</A> ]</NOBR> <NOBR>[ <A
href="http://www.smecc.org/memorabilia___telstar.htm" target="">Memorabilia /
TELSTAR</A> ]</NOBR> <NOBR>[ <A
href="http://www.smecc.org/telstar_broadcasts.htm" target="">Telstar
Broadcasts</A> ]</NOBR> <NOBR>[ <A href="http://www.smecc.org/w_j_bray_-_uk.htm"
target="">W.J.Bray - UK</A> ]</NOBR> <NOBR>[ <A
href="http://www.smecc.org/k_d__smith__bell_solar_batteries_telstar.htm"
target="">K.D. Smith Bell Solar Batteries TELSTAR</A> ]</NOBR> <NOBR>[ <A
href="http://www.smecc.org/telstar_-_joe_meek.htm" target="">TELSTAR - Joe
Meek</A> ]</NOBR> <NOBR>[ <A
href="http://www.smecc.org/eugene_o%27niell_-_telstar.htm" target="">Eugene
O'Neill - TELSTAR</A> ]</NOBR><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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11th see the Live Webcast or the archive later at below
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title=http://airandspace.si.edu/events/lectures/webcast
href="http://airandspace.si.edu/events/lectures/webcast">http://airandspace.si.edu/events/lectures/webcast</A><O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></P></SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
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