1997 Event Telstar 401 Satellite Fails 1969 Birthday Jurgen Streppel, soccer player, Telstar/RKC 1967 Death Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide 1963 Event Telstar soccer team forms in Ijmuiden 1963 Event SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km)) 1962 Event 1st Europe-U.S. live TV program (via Telstar) 1962 Event 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) 1962 Event Telstar, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched
