1962-07-10 USA Project Telstar

Telstar 1 was launched by NASA aboard a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral on July 10, 1962, it was the first privately sponsored space launch. Telstar 1 successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph images, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed. Although Telstar 1 was no longer functional, it still orbit the Earth.