# @airandspacemuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaoJyALjMO0
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67857157-airandspacemuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/2b5796b496.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-10T21:26:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Air and Space Museum (@airandspacemuseum) — https://gondola.cc/airandspacemuseum

## Caption

"That's no moon." No, it's a satellite — the world's first active communications satellite, to be exact. Telstar launched on this day in 1962. It was developed by AT&T to test basic features of communications via space. Soon after launch, Telstar enabled the first transatlantic television transmission, linking the United States and France. #AirSpacePhoto

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- **Likes:** 515
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- **Comments:** 4

## Tags

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