Express

Express or EXPRESS may refer to:

Mail and transportation

Express mail, a postal delivery service

Express bus service, a fast bus service, usually with a limited number of stops

Express train, a fast train service, usually with a limited number of stops

Express trains in India, a type of trains in India

Superfast/Mail Trains in India, a type of fast trains in India

York Factory Express or "the Express", a 19th-century transport brigade operated by the Hudson's Bay Company

ExPRESS (Expedite the Processing of Experiments to the Space Station), an International Space Station payloads program, consisting of ExPRESS Logistics Carrier and ExPRESS Rack

Brands

Express Werke, a German bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer

Renault Express

Chevrolet Express, a full-size van

Honda Express, a moped

Express, Inc., an American specialty fashion retailer

EXPRESS (data modeling language)

ExpressCard, a new interface standard for notebook external cards, replacing PCMCIA

American Express

Outlook Express

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Express (weaponry)

The term express was first applied to hunting rifles and ammunition beginning in the middle 19th century, to indicate a rifle or ammunition capable of higher than typical velocities. The early express cartridges used a heavy charge of black powder to propel a lightweight, often hollow point bullet, at high velocities to maximize point blank range. Later the express cartridges were loaded with nitrocellulose based gunpowder, leading to the Nitro Express cartridges, the first of which was the .450 Nitro Express.

The term express is still in use today, and is applied to rifles, ammunition, and a type of iron sight. With the widespread adoption of small bore, high velocity rifle cartridges, the meaning of express has shifted in modern usage, and refers to high velocity, large bore rifles and ammunition, typically used for hunting large or dangerous game at close range.

History

The name originates with a rifle built by James Purdey in 1856 (based on a pattern established a year earlier by William Greener) and named the Express Train, a marketing phrase intended to denote the considerable velocity of the bullet it fired. It was not the first rifle or cartridge of this type but it was Purdey's name express that stuck.

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Ekspress

Ekspress (Russian: Экспресс meaning Express), is a series of geostationary communications satellites owned by Russian State Company for Satellite Communications. The first satellite of this kind was launched on October 13, 1994. The satellites are produced by the company JSC Information Satellite Systems.

Overview

The Ekspress series of communication satellites (industry code 11F639) was developed by the satellite company NPO PM as a replacement for the old Gorizont series of comsats. The first satellite of the series, Ekspress 1, was launched in 1994. It had a mass of 2.5 tons, 17 channels and an operational lifetime of at 5–7 years.

Starting in the mid-1990s, NPO PM started to make significant effort to close the technology gap between Russian and Western communication satellites. Cooperation with the French company Alcatel (now Thales Alenia Space) was begun in 1995. The first satellite of a new second series, Ekspress A-1, had 12 Alcatel-built transponders. It was lost in a rocket failure in 1999, but a replacement, Ekspress A-2 was successfully launched in March, 2000.

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