Tektronix Instruments Used In Telstar Development
Tektronix products were used by many different companies in many different industries. We feature other company's videos which show Tektronix products on our Enabling Customer Success page.
This photo from the May 1962 National Geographic Magazine shows the Telstar development at the Bell Telphone Labroatories in Hillside, NJ. There are 27 instruments shown in the photo. Of the 27 instruments shown, 26 are Tektronix.
Here's an later 1963 photo of the Vela 1B Military Satellite with a Type 535A oscilloscope with a Type CA plug-in on a 500 series Scope-Mobile. A Type D plug-in is on the left and another Type CA plug-in is on the right in the Scope-Mobile storage bays below.


