TRANSPAC-1 (TPC-1) was laid by AT&T's
cable ship C.S.
Long Lines. and opened on June 19, 1964. It connected
Hawaii,
Midway Atoll,
Wake Island,
Guam, and
Japan. A branch from Guam to the
Philippines was completed in December 1964. This cable connected with
HAW-1 to complete the telephone connection to the
mainland United States. It had a capacity of 142 channels. TRANSPAC-1 was part of the network that supported the
Apollo 11 Moon landing mission in 1969. ==Transpac 2==