<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar_1" id="mw_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Telstar 1">Telstar</a>, the world's first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_satellite" id="mwAQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Communications satellite">communications satellite</a>, is launched into orbit.