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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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“We have been working really hard toward this transaction,” said Westar spokeswoman Gina Penzig.

From Washington Times Apr. 19, 2017

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

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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