Communications · Recorded milestone
Communications satellite
Recorded year1962
Telstar relays the first live transatlantic television.
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- RadarRecorded · 1935requires
- TransistorRecorded · 1947enables
- Silicon solar cellRecorded · 1954enables
- First satelliteRecorded · 1957enables
Led to
- Cosmic microwave backgroundRecorded · 1965enables
- Geostationary weather satelliteRecorded · 1974enables
- Long-range military droneRecorded · 1995enables
- Global satellite phoneRecorded · 1998enables
- Space laser communicationRecorded · 2001enables
- Satellite SOS in your pocketRecorded · 2003requires
- LEO satellite internetRecorded · 2020enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.