On July 10, 1962, this  satellite relayed the first live TV images across the Atlantic from the United States to France
It successfully relayed through space the first 
television pictures, telephone ... Due to its non-geosynchronous orbit, Telstar's 
availability for transatlantic... [DOC] [TLE] Telstar: Satellites Beamed First TV Signals Across the Ocean [PAR] Feb 12, 2013 ... Two days later, it relayed the world's first transatlantic television signal, from ... in 
the United States in 1961, could not be shown across the ocean.