Orbital Sciences Corporation

Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC, though commonly abbreviated as Orbital) is a Dulles, Virginia company which specializes in satellite launch and manufacture. It also has a division which specializes in strategic missile defense and theater missile defense systems. Orbital formerly owned ORBIMAGE and the Magellan line of GPS receivers, though they are now divested (the latter to Thales). Orbital's NYSE ticker symbol is ORB.

Contents

1 Orbital Products 1.1 Satellite launch vehicles 1.2 Experimental vehicles 1.3 National and theater missile defense 1.4 Satellites 1.5 Other 2 External links

Orbital Products

Satellite launch vehicles

• Minotaur
• Pegasus
• Taurus
• OSP-2 Peacekeeper , a satellite launching version of the LG-118A Peacekeeper

Experimental vehicles

• X-34 reusable launch vehicle demonstrator

National and theater missile defense

• GMD Boost Vehicle
• Kinetic Energy Interceptors (KEI )
• Ballistic target vehicles
• GQM-163A Coyote
• Suborbital rocket testbeds

Satellites

• GEO orbit satellites
• LEO orbit satellites
• planetary probes

Other

• DART Rendezvous Vehicle
• Hyper-X
• Orbital Space Plane
• Crew Exploration Vehicle (within the team of Lockheed Martin)

External links

Orbital Sciences Corporation page