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Orbital Sciences Corporation (commonly referred to as Orbital) was an American company specializing in the design, manufacture, and launch of small- and medium- class space and launch vehicle systems for commercial, military and other government customers.
A merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and the defense and aerospace divisions of Alliant Techsystems (ATK) was announced on April 29, 2014. The two companies had collaborated on several previous projects, including the use of 400 ATK rocket motors in Orbital's launch vehicles. [3] The deal officially closed on February 9, 2015.
Walz was the Vice President for Human Spaceflight Operations at Orbital Sciences Corporation in Dulles, Virginia, responsible for cargo and mission operations for Orbital's Commercial Resupply Services program from 2008 to 2015. He then joined Oceaneering as Director Business Development. [4]
Orbital Sciences Corporation and Skybox Imaging announced today the two have come to agreement on a commercial launch contract that will carry six high-resolution imaging and video-capable ...
NASA has picked rocket and satellite maker Orbital Sciences to build its new Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) . On Monday, Orbital announced receipt of the two-year, $50 million contract.
Category: Companies based in Dulles, Virginia. ... Orbital ATK; Orbital Sciences Corporation This page was last edited on 16 February 2024, at 23:05 (UTC). ...
Orbital Sciences was renamed Orbital ATK in 2015 and Northrop Grumman purchased Orbital in 2018 and has continued to operate Cygnus missions. Cygnus NG-21 is the tenth Cygnus mission under the Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract. Production and integration of Cygnus spacecraft are performed in Dulles, Virginia.
In 1988, Tani joined Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) in Dulles, Virginia, initially as a senior structures engineer, and then as the mission operations manager for the Transfer Orbit Stage (TOS). In that role, he served as the TOS flight operations lead, working with NASA/ JSC mission control in support of the deployment of the ACTS/TOS ...