10.21.2013

Nuked by the Air Force, it's still up there

Tech Time Warp of the Week: Telstar, 1962 | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

The day before Telstar’s launch, the U.S. Air Force had performed some high-altitude nuclear tests, and the fallout fried the space bird’s brain. The satellite stopped working just months after its launch.

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