GlobeCast Salutes the 50th Anniversary of Telstar

Beginning with a live feed from 1:30-2:30 p.m. EST between the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. and Pleumeur-Bodou, the event will continue until 4:30 p.m. with a series of presentations and roundtables at the National Air and Space Museum. Speakers from both governments, as well as leading telecommunications and satellite companies, will address the public to mark this historic occasion.

GlobeCast Americas CTO Bart Palmer is among the speakers invited by the Smithsonian Institution and the French Embassy, and will address the progress that broadcast technology has made. His speech will take place at 3:30 p.m.

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