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Westar (other)
Westar is an American satellite telecommunication system. Westar may refer to: * Westar Energy, an American electric utility * Westar Institute, a non-profit institute promoting religious literacy * Westar Rules, the name used by the West Australian Football League between 1997 and 2000 See also * Wester (other) * West (other) * Star (other) * * Western Star (other) * Star of the West (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westar
Westar was a fleet of geosynchronous communications satellites operating in the C band which were launched by Western Union from 1974 to 1984. There were seven Westar satellites in all, with five of them launched and operating under the Westar name. Background Westar 1 (launched on April 13, 1974) has the distinction of being the USA's first commercially launched geosynchronous communications satellite, following North America's first geosynchronous communications satellite, Canada's Anik A1 Anik may refer to: * Anik (satellite), satellites launched by Canadian telecommunications company Telesat * Anik, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran * Anik Mountain * Anik Bissonnette, a Canadian ballet dancer * Anik Jean (born 1977) ... in 1972. Westar 1 was put into orbit at 99° W in the Clarke belt (99° W now being the home of List of Intelsat satellites#Galaxy (Intelsat Americas), Galaxy 16). Westar 2 was launched shortly afterward on October 10, 1974. Westa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
