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Westar

American  
[wes-tahr] / ˈwɛs tɑr /

noun

  1. one of a series of privately owned geostationary communications satellites that service commercial users in the U.S.


Etymology

Origin of Westar

West(ern Union st)ar

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Great Plains is the parent of Kansas City Power & Light Co., and its proposed acquisition of Westar would give it 1.5 million customers from central Kansas to central Missouri.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2017

Concerned, the Topeka High principal, Rebecca Morrisey, recommended him for an internship at Westar Energy.

From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2017

Topeka-based Westar Energy Inc. had sought to increase its rates to bring in an extra $152 million a year, but agreed instead to an increase of only $78 million.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 6, 2015

Both satellites, the Palapa B-2 and the Westar 6, which had been deployed from a shuttle earlier in the year, had slipped into useless orbits.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2014

That’s when Group W would beam the first Discovery Channel signal to the Westar V satellite positioned 22,236 miles above the equator.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2013

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