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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.
sold to Matra Marconi Space, then sold to Orbital Sciences Corporation: Fokker Space & Systems: Netherlands then Dutch Space, now part of EADS Astrium Satellites: GAUSS Srl: Italy 9 CubeSats and Small Satellites (<50 kg) General Electric: United States then merged into Martin Marietta, now part of Lockheed Martin: Hawker Siddeley Dynamics ...
Orbital Sciences COTS demonstration flight. First Antares mission with a real Cygnus capsule, first mission to rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station , second launch of Antares. The rendezvous maneuver was delayed due to a computer data link problem, [ 21 ] but the issue was resolved and berthing followed shortly thereafter.
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.
Stargazer in Orbital ATK livery, flying over the Atlantic Ocean carrying a Pegasus XL rocket. In 2015, Stargazer was repainted to reflect Orbital Sciences' merger with Alliant Techsystems. into Orbital ATK [9] On December 15, 2016, Stargazer successfully launched CYGNSS on behalf of NASA on its second attempt. The first attempt on December 12 ...
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.
NSS-9 was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation and launched February 12, 2009 aboard Ariane 5 flight V-187. [2] [3] Built on the Orbital STAR-2 satellite bus, [4] NSS-9 has an expected useful lifetime extending through 2024. [5] Its launch has been featured in National Geographic Channel's programme World's Toughest Fixes Satellite Launch ...
Orbital-3, [6] [7] also known as Orb-3, was an attempted flight of Cygnus, an automated cargo spacecraft developed by United States–based company Orbital Sciences, on 28 October 2014. The mission was intended to launch at 22:22:38 UTC that evening.