• Orbital Sciences Corporation (commonly referred to as Orbital) was an American company specializing in the design, manufacture, and launch of small- and...
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    Orbital Sciences Corporation. Archived from the original on 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2009-02-20. "L-1011 Fact Sheet" (PDF). Orbital Sciences Corporation...
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    development as Taurus II, is an expendable launch system developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (later part of Northrop Grumman) and the Pivdenne Design Bureau...
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    developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) and now built and launched by Northrop Grumman. Pegasus is the world's first privately developed orbital launch...
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    The Orbital Sciences X-34 was intended to be a low-cost testbed for demonstrating "key technologies" that could be integrated into the Reusable Launch...
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  • Look up orbital in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Orbital may refer to: Atomic orbital Molecular orbital Hybrid orbital Orbit Earth orbit Orbit (anatomy)...
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    Cygnus is an expendable American cargo spacecraft developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation but manufactured and launched by Northrop Grumman Space Systems...
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  • from Orbital ATK Inc. a company which resulted from the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alliant Techsystems in 2015. Orbital ATK was...
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  • into the DigitalGlobe corporation on January 29, 2013. The company was founded in 1992 as a division of Orbital Sciences Corporation in the wake of the 1992...
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    with Orbital Sciences Corporation. The spinoff of the Sporting Group to create Vista Outdoor and the merger leading to the creation of Orbital ATK were...
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  • horizontal-landing (VTHL) lifting body spaceplane concept put forward by Orbital Sciences Corporation in late 2010 as part of the second phase of NASA's Commercial...
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    sheet: GMD Boost Vehicle" (PDF). Orbital Sciences Corporation. Orbital Sciences Ground-based interceptor (GBI) (2002) Orbital Boost Vehicle (OBV) William Graham...
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    for use by the United States Air Force and NASA. Taken over by Orbital Sciences Corporation, Aries, as the Target Test Vehicle, remains in use. In the late...
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    rockets produced by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now Northrop Grumman). The Minotaur I is the follow-on to the Orbital Sciences' Taurus (later re-named...
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    maint: numeric names: authors list (link) Orbital Sciences Corporation (27 June 2000). "Form 10-K/A Orbital Sciences Corp /de/ Annual report [Section 13 and...
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    contractor was Alliant Techsystems – later merging with Orbital Sciences Corporation to form Orbital ATK, in turn being taken over by Northrop Grumman and...
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    the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani and a co-founder of Orbital Sciences Corporation. Bruce Walker Ferguson was born in Washington D.C. in 1954. He...
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    selection was made to Orbital Sciences Corporation, for the Cygnus spacecraft. NASA's selection statement showed that Orbital beat Boeing on expected...
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  • The ORBCOMM low Earth orbit (LEO) system was conceived by Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital) in the late 1980s. In 1990, Orbital filed the world's first...
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    Antares A-ONE mission was the maiden flight of Orbital Sciences Corporation' Antares launch vehicle including the ascent to space and accurate delivery...
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    Orbital-D1, also known as Orb-D1, and Cygnus 1, was the first flight of the Cygnus cargo spacecraft developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation. It was...
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    Martin (Sept. 2003) "Orbital Submits Proposal for NASA's Commercial Crew Development Program". Press Release. Orbital Sciences Corporation. 2010-12-14. Retrieved...
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  • Development Center C1: Space Systems/Loral D Series: Orbital Sciences Corporation D3: Orbital Sciences Corporation Optus D1 Satellite Payload Information Australian...
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  • Thiokol (redirect from Thiokol Corporation)
    Group. In 2014, Orbital ATK was formed from the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alliant Techsystems. In 2018, Orbital ATK was purchased...
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  • Research Satellite (UARS) Airborne Support Equipment (UASE) at the Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC). At General Electric, he designed and tested a variety...
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    Interstellar Boundary Explorer (category Satellites orbiting Earth)
    Center built the IBEX-Hi and IBEX-Lo sensors respectively. The Orbital Sciences Corporation manufactured the satellite bus and was the location for spacecraft...
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    derivative of the LGM-118 Peacekeeper ICBM. It was developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation, (now absorbed into Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems) and...
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    (PDF). Orbital ATK. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2016. "OCO". Orbital Sciences Corporation. "Taurus...
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    Programs Group of Orbital Sciences Corporation in Dulles, Virginia. In August 2016, Tani left Orbital Sciences Corporation (now Orbital ATK) to join the...
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    GALEX (category Satellites orbiting Earth)
    coming from four fixed solar panels. The satellite bus is from Orbital Sciences Corporation based on OrbView 4. The telescope was a 50 cm (20 in) Modified...
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