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2. Orbital Sciences X-34 - Wikipedia

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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 Vehicle program. It was intended to be an autonomous pilotless craft powered by a " Fastrac " liquid-propellant rocket engine, capable of reaching Mach 8 and performing 25 test flights per year.

3. Orbital Sciences Corporation - Wikipedia

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   Orbital Science made a number of strategic acquisitions in the 1990s and 2000s to strengthen its position in the satellite market. In 1994, Orbital completed acquisition of Fairchild Industries' subsidiary Space and Defense Corporation, and merged the Fairchild Space business with its own satellite design and manufacturing division. [11]

4. Stargazer (aircraft) - Wikipedia

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   Stargazer was also used for captive tests and transportation of the X-34 hypersonic research aircraft; however, the drop tests used Balls 8. Stargazer in Orbital Sciences livery launches Pegasus carrying the three Space Technology 5 satellites in 2006. Pegasus launches using Stargazer are usually conducted from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

5. Why Orbital Sciences Is Ready for Liftoff - AOL

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   Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, rocket and space system manufacturer Orbital Sciences (NYS ...

6. What Orbital Sciences's Earnings Headlines Didn't Tell You - AOL

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   It takes money to make money. Most investors know that, but with business media so focused on the "how much," very few investors bother to ask, "How fast?" When judging a company's prospects, how ...

7. Commercial Orbital Transportation Services - Wikipedia

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   On 19 February 2008, the second round selection was made to Orbital Sciences Corporation, for the Cygnus spacecraft. [25] NASA's selection statement showed that Orbital beat Boeing on expected lower costs and the added benefit of a new medium lift launcher Taurus II with Andrews, PlanetSpace and Spacehab being eliminated on funding concerns. [26]

8. Minotaur (rocket family) - Wikipedia

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   The Taurus launch vehicle, later renamed [1] Minotaur-C (for "Minotaur-Commercial"), was the first of the Minotaur vehicle family, and the first ground-launched orbital booster developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC), derived by adding a solid booster stage to the air-launched Pegasus rocket. The first flight, sponsored by DARPA, was in ...

9. Prometheus (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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   In addition to Orbital Sciences, the consortium included Northrop Grumman that would have built the spaceplane and the United Launch Alliance that would have provided the launch vehicle. [7] Virgin Galactic also confirmed it would be teaming with Orbital on the Orbital CCDev 2 project. [ 8 ]