Month: July 2012
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First moon bounce operated at PB8
July 11, 2012 is a very special date for Pleumeur-Bodou. Fifty years ago today, on July 11, 1962, the first ever live television signal was transmitted across the Atlantic between two earth stations, Andover, USA and Pleumeur-Bodou, Europe, by means of Telstar 1 satellite. To celebrate PB8 established today its first moon bounce operated at…