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Word: expressstar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Martin Marietta, which produces Titan-class rockets for the Air Force, was the first U.S. firm to sign up a client. It plans to launch an ExpressStar communications satellite for Federal Express in 1989. Says Richard Brackeen, a vice president in charge of launch systems for Martin Marietta Aerospace: "The private launching business could be the next widebody jet business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blast-Off For Profits | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...brand-new, high-tech business blasted off in the U.S. last week: satellite launching. Martin Marietta, which manufactures Titan-class rockets for the Air Force, signed an agreement with Federal Express to send aloft its ExpressStar communications satellite in 1989. President Reagan had opened the way for the new industry last month, when he an- nounced that NASA will drastically reduce the number of commercial cargoes carried aboard the space shuttle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Satellites: Big Booster Makes Good | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

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