Telstar

American  

[tel-stahr] / ˈtɛlˌstɑr /

Trademark.

1. one of an early series of privately financed, low-orbit, active communications satellites, the first of which was launched July 10, 1962.

2. one of a later series of privately financed, geosynchronous communications satellites that provide domestic television, telephone, and data exchange transmission to the U.S.

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Telstar British  

/ ˈtɛlˌstɑː /

noun

1. either of two low-altitude active communications satellites launched in 1962 and 1963 by the US and used in the transmission of television programmes, telephone messages, etc

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Example Sentences

However, the group split in 2005 after their record label, Telstar, went bankrupt.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Portions of Sir Winston Churchill’s funeral in 1965 were watched live, thanks to AT&T’s Telstar satellite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

On July 10, 1962, Minow was one of the officials making statements on the first live trans-Atlantic television program, a demonstration of AT&T’s Telstar satellite.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2023

The World Cup balls for Brazil in 2014—the Brazuca—and Russia in 2018—the Telstar 18—both had six oddly shaped panels.

From Scientific American • Nov. 19, 2022

I used a little more blast and let a couple minutes go by while I drifted closer to the Telstar.

From The Trouble with Telstar by Schoenherr, John