Part 2 of my interview with my mate Matt, steely eyed rocket man extraordinaire.

 

Goonhilly

 

Gyros and spacecraft in Telstar

 

The interior of Telstar

 

The magnitude of space junk around the world

 

The first live TV pictures transmitted via satellite

 

Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to NASA, I Alison, Rama, NASA, US Gov, the BBC and Andrew Bulko