On this day: The Echo 1 satellite launch heralded a new world of communication

Echo 1, the world’s first communications satellite, was launched by NASA on August 12, 1960.

Although it was the precursor of the multitude of satellites now circling the earth, Echo 1 bore little resemblance to its modern cousins.

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